turn down

英 [tɜːn daʊn]

美 [tɜːrn daʊn]

拒绝（某人或其请求、提议等）; 关小; 调低

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 拒绝(某人或其请求、提议等)
  If youturn downa person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer.
  1. Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down...
     在这之前，我本该笑着拒绝她。
  2. I thanked him for the offer but turned it down…
     我谢绝了他的提议。
  3. Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine?
     给你 700 万美元要你裸体登上杂志，你会拒绝吗？
• PHRASAL VERB 关小;调低
  When youturn downa radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls.
  1. He kept turning the central heating down...
     他不断调低中央暖气的温度。
  2. She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.
     她受不了没完没了的音乐，就把音量调小了。
• PHRASAL VERB （比率）减少;（水平）降低
  If the rate or level of somethingturns down, it decreases.
  1. The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s.
     20 世纪 50 年代离婚率下降了。

in AM, use 美国英语用 fall

英英释义

verb

• make lower or quieter
  1. turn down the volume of a radio
  Synonym:lowerlour
• take a downward direction
  1. The economy finally turned down after a long boom
• reject with contempt
  1. She spurned his advances
  Synonym:rejectspurnfreeze offscornpooh-poohdisdain
• refuse to accept
  1. He refused my offer of hospitality
  Synonym:refuserejectpass updecline
• refuse entrance or membership
  1. They turned away hundreds of fans
  2. Black people were often rejected by country clubs
  Synonym:rejectturn awayrefuse

双语例句

• Turn down the TV, please.
  太吵了，请把电视音量调低些。
• I will go to bed, would you turn down the tv?
  我想睡觉，你能将电视的音量调小些吗？
• That's very good. I once turn down a job offer just because the office is awful.
  非常好。我曾经因为办公室太糟糕而拒绝了一份工作。
• I had to turn down a job offer from a theater because the pay was too low.
  我不得不拒尽剧院给我的工作，由于报酬太低了。
• I thanked him for the offer but turned it down
  我谢绝了他的提议。
• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.
  没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• He kept turning the central heating down
  他不断调低中央暖气的温度。
• To check this, we turn down the threshold level.
  为了检验这一点，我们把阀值调低。
• They are all great projects, and I couldn't bear to turn down any of them.
  它们全是好的计划，我不能忍受拒绝它们当中的任何一个。
• The projects you turn down say more about you as a professional than the work you accept.
  与你接受的工作相比，被你拒绝的工作会让你更专业。