| 单词 | send down |
| 释义 | send downsend down phrasal verbphr v a) send something ↔ downREDUCE to make something lose value 使〔价值〕下跌 The company’s bad figures sent its share price down. 公司业绩不佳使其股票价格下跌。 b) send somebody down British EnglishBrE informalSCJ to send someone to prison 送某人进监狱 send somebody down for He was sent down for possession of cocaine. 他因藏有可卡因而被判入狱。 c) be sent down British EnglishBrE old-fashionedSEC to be told to leave a university because of bad behaviour 〔大学生因行为不检〕被开除，被勒令退学 Examples from the Corpus be sent down• Afterwards in the pub some one told me he would probably be sent down.• I was using regular for about two years after that until I was sent down.• He was sent down from Eton in 1863 for a few months for having made a forbidden visit to a Jesuit house.• There seems every possibility that Trev Proby will be sent down in the near future.• He was sent down South to live with his grandparents when he was in second grade.• Much of the iron was sent down the valleys for export through Cardiff and Newport.• Police divers were sent down to check the vessel's hull for possible sabotage. → send down at send(PHRASAL VERB) |
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