| 单词 | pin down |
| 释义 | pin downSEE SYNONYMS FOR pin down ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb)to force (someone) to make a decision or carry out a promise to define clearlyhe had a vague suspicion that he couldn't quite pin down to confine to a placethe fallen tree pinned him down Words nearby pin downPindaric ode, pinder, pindling, pindolol, pindo palm, pin down, Pindus, pine, pineal, pineal apparatus, pineal body Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with pin downpin down Fix or establish clearly, as in The firefighters finally were able to pin down the source of the odor. [Mid-1900s] Force someone to give precise information or opinions, as in The reporter pinned down the governor on the issue of conservation measures. [c. 1700] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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