| 释义 |
bring down
1．reduce；make low 减少（价格）；使跌落
*After much hard bargaining he brought the trader down to ＄100for the carpet．经过激烈的讨价还价之后，他使卖主的地毯降到100美元。
*Some countries demand to bring down the price of petroleum．一些国家要求降低石油价格。
*Sellers at last agreed to bring down the prices by 5%．卖方最终同意降低5%的价格出售。
2．defeat；cause to come down 推翻；击落
*The opposition party planned to bring the government down．反对党谋划推翻政府。
*This scandal could well bring him down．这件丑事很有可能使他垮台。
*He brought down 9 enemy aircraft during the Korean War．在朝鲜战场上他击落了9架敌机。
3．cause to be in low spirits；dePress；deflate 使情绪低落；使沮丧；使泄气
*The temporary setback seemed to have brought them down completely．暂时的挫折似乎使他们完全失去了信心。
*Even the failure did not bring him down．甚至失败也没有使他沮丧。 |