talk down

英 [tɔːk daʊn]

美 [tɔːk daʊn]

（紧急情况下）引导（飞行员）安全降落; 贬低; 贬损

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (紧急情况下)引导(飞行员)安全降落
  Totalk downsomeone who is flying an aircraft in an emergency means to give them instructions so that they can land safely.
  1. The pilot began to talk him down by giving instructions over the radio.
     引航员开始通过无线电发出指令引导他安全着陆。
• PHRASAL VERB 贬低;贬损
  If someonetalks downa particular thing, they make it less interesting, valuable, or likely than it originally seemed.
  1. They even blame the government for talking down the nation's fourth biggest industry...
     他们甚至指责政府贬低该国的第四大产业。
  2. Businessmen are tired of politicians talking the economy down.
     商人厌烦政客们贬低经济的重要性。
• PHRASAL VERB 说服(或劝服)…降低要价
  Totalksomeonedownin negotiations means to persuade them to accept less money than they originally asked for.
  1. We talked them down and struck a deal...
     我们说服他们降了价，成交了。
  2. When he makes you an offer, you send me in and I'll talk him down another thousand...
     他向你报完价后，你让我进去，我再给他砍掉1, 000。
  3. This leaves the Prime Minister, like his predecessors, earnestly trying to talk down wages.
     这就使得首相和他的前任们一样，急于削减工资。

英英释义

verb

• direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
  1. the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill
• belittle through talk
• speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
  1. He talks down to her

双语例句

• Such an eloquent man will easily talk us down.
  这样一个有口才的人很容易把我们驳得无话说。
• Are you trying to talk me down?
  你想说服我放弃？
• All his talk boiled down to the fact that he did not want to go.
  他所说的全是想加重他不去的事实。
• I'm not a child any more. Don't talk down to me.
  我不再是孩子了，别用这种态度跟我说话。
• We talked them down and struck a deal
  我们说服他们降了价，成交了。
• When he makes you an offer, you send me in and I'll talk him down another thousand
  他向你报完价后，你让我进去，我再给他砍掉1，000。
• I need somebody to talk me down off the ledge.
  我需要有人在边上帮我。
• Adults often talk down to children.
  大人们常用居高临下的口吻对孩子们讲话。
• You've got to talk them down. She certainly had me in that argument.
  你非去驳倒他们不可。她在辩论中确实把我驳倒了。
• They talk down to us, as I'm sure the Teir'Dal do in Freeport about their half-elves.
  而且我肯定自由港的泰尔达们对那些半精灵也一样！