| 单词 | drag somebody/something ↔ down |
| 释义 | drag somebody/something ↔ downdrag somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v a) SAD/UNHAPPYto make someone feel unhappy and weak 使〔某人〕感到不愉快[虚弱] Joe’s been ill for weeks now – it’s really dragging him down. 乔已经病了几个星期了，这使他很沮丧。 b) to make the price, level, or quality of something go down 使〔价格、水准、质量〕下降 Declining prices for aluminium have dragged down the company’s earnings. 铝材价格下跌使这家公司的利润下降了。 c) if someone or something bad drags you down, they make you become worse or get into a worse situation 〔坏人或坏事〕把…拖下水，使…堕落 Don’t let them drag you down to their level. 别让他们把你带坏，使你堕落到他们那种地步。 Examples from the Corpus drag down• A pool of light, expanding circles, merging, dragging me down.• He had set his family free from debts that dragged them down.• His fingers were beginning to uncurl, his own weight dragging him down.• Paradoxically, Anthea now threatened to become a millstone to drag him down.• The upside is freedom of action, nobody tailing your kite and dragging you down.• These guidelines keep hawa in check, for when the community is threatened, it can drag the ship down into chaos.• He also threatened to drag him down the street handcuffed to the bumper of his car.• As public confidence in his capacity to reign has plummeted, Charles' decline has dragged the monarchy down with him. → drag somebody/something ↔ down at drag1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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