| 单词 | talk somebody/something ↔ down |
| 释义 | talk somebody/something ↔ downtalk somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v a) CRITICIZE British EnglishBrE to make something seem less successful, interesting, good etc than it really is 〔以言辞〕贬损，贬低 the pessimists who are talking down Britain 贬低英国的悲观主义者 b) TTAto help a pilot land an aircraft by giving them instructions from the ground by radio 〔通过无线电〕引导〔飞行员〕安全着陆，引降 Examples from the Corpus talk down• It was also a clear attempt to talk Britain down.• Stoke themselves have had no contact from celtic since last Wednesday when compensation talks broke down.• That surprised everybody, since the administration has lately tried to talk the dollar down.• He liked having the last word, and with Carol he often got it if he talked himself down a little.• Billy and the girl had climbed around to the bow and were talking and looking down in the water.• Their shares rallied after federal budget talks broke down in Washington, D.• Those talks broke down last July. → talk somebody/something ↔ down at talk1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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