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单词 turn down
释义
turn down
1. phrasal verb B2
If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer.
Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
I thanked him for the offer but turned it down. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine? [VERB PARTICLE noun]
2. phrasal verb B1
When you turn down a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls.
He kept turning the central heating down. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
3. phrasal verb
If the rate or level of something turns down, it decreases. [British, journalism]
The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s. [VERB PARTICLE]
regional note:   in AM, use fall
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Translations:
Chinese: 拒绝
Japanese: 小さくする
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