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单词 bring down
释义

bring down


Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theybring down
he/she/itbrings down
present participlebringing down
past tensebrought down
past participlebrought down

DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    to cause a government or politician to lose power

    Opposition parties are threatening to bring down the government.

    Synonyms and related words

    To rebel or protest
  2. 2
    to reduce the rate, level, or amount of something

    Our principal responsibility is to bring down the level of unemployment.

    Synonyms and related words

    To reduce something
  3. 3
    to make someone or something move or fall to the ground

    Strong winds brought down power lines across the region.

    He managed to bring the plane down safely with only one engine.

    Johnson was brought down by an aggressive tackle just a few feet from the goal.

    Synonyms and related words

    To move, or to move something downwards
  4. 4
    to make someone feel worse about themselves than they did before

    Why do you have to bring me down when I was feeling good about myself?

    He was really brought down by the loss of his job.

    This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary by: maria from United States on 17/05/2018
    Synonyms and related words

    To make someone feel disappointed or less hopeful
    Synonyms and related words

    To make someone feel sad or upset

bring down


Word Forms

present tense
I/you/we/theybring down
he/she/itbrings down
present participlebringing down
past tensebrought down
past participlebrought down

DEFINITIONS4
  1. 1
    to cause a government or politician to lose power

    Opposition parties are threatening to bring down the government.

    Synonyms and related words

    To rebel or protest
  2. 2
    to reduce the rate, level, or amount of something

    Our principal responsibility is to bring down the level of unemployment.

    Synonyms and related words

    To reduce something
  3. 3
    to make someone or something move or fall to the ground

    Strong winds brought down power lines across the city.

    He managed to bring the airplane down safely with only one engine.

    Johnson was brought down by a hard tackle six yards from the end zone.

    Synonyms and related words

    To move, or to move something downwards
  4. 4
    to make someone feel worse about themselves than they did before

    Why do you have to bring me down when I was feeling good about myself?

    He was really brought down by the loss of his job.

    This meaning is based on one submitted to the Open Dictionary by: maria from United States on 17/05/2018
    Synonyms and related words

    To make someone feel disappointed or less hopeful
    Synonyms and related words

    To make someone feel sad or upset
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