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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
    1. speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
      1. He talks down to her

    双语例句

    • The best way to regulate such liquidity flows, she says, is not to talk down the market or try to cool demand by introducing a capital gains tax, but to raise interest rates so that the return on bank deposits becomes more attractive.
      她认为,对这些资金流进行监管的最佳办法,不是唱衰市场,也不是通过资本利得税来遏制需求,而应该提高利率,这样,银行存款的回报率才会变得更加诱人。
    • If, instead, the trigger is activated when equity prices are low, the manager could deliberately talk down the bank's value to activate the trigger and obtain equity on the cheap.
      如果触发条件被设为股价达到某一低位,那么管理者可能会蓄意贬低银行的价值,从而激活触发条件,廉价获取股权。
    • 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。
    • Don't talk over their heads or talk down to them.
      不要仰面而言或是埋头而读。
    • Try not to talk down to your employees.
      尽量不要用居高临下的口气对雇员说话。
    • 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。
    • 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 also dislike people who try to talk down to my understanding. They are like people who when walking with you try to shorten their steps to suit yours; the hypocrisy in both cases is equally exasperating.
      我也不喜欢那些对我的理解力品头论足的人,他们在和你一起走路时,总是试图缩短他们自己的步幅,只为了迎合你行走的速度。
    • We talked them down and struck a deal
      我们说服他们降了价,成交了。
    • Adults often talk down to children.
      大人们常用居高临下的口吻对孩子们讲话。