| 单词 | pin down |
| 释义 | pin down 1. phrasal verb If you try to pin something down, you try to discover exactly what, where, or when it is. It has taken until now to pin down its exact location. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I can only pin it down to between 1936 and 1942. [VERB noun PARTICLE + to] If we cannot pin down exactly what we are supposed to be managing, how can we manage it? [VERB PARTICLE wh] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for pin If you pin someone down, you force them to make a decision or to tell you what their decision is, when they have been trying to avoid doing this. She couldn't pin him down to a date. [V n P + to/on] ...their repeated efforts to pin him down on a number of topics. [V n P to/on n] If you pin people down, they will tell you some puzzling things about stress. [VERB noun PARTICLE] |
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