单词 | bring down |
释义 | bring down (once / 616 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v WORD FAMILY bring down: bringing down, brings down, brought down USAGE EXAMPLESThis is feeding demand for increasingly advanced technology to bring down or disable unwanted drones. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) “By bringing down the foreclosure rate, it will help shore up housing prices for everyone.” Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) "By bringing down the foreclosure rate, it will help shore up housing prices for everyone." Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v move something or somebody to a lower position Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper get down, let down, lower, take down bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise raise from a lower to a higher position reef lower and bring partially inboard depresslower (prices or markets) diplower briefly inclinelower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 2v cause to come to the ground Syn|Hyper land, put down arrive, come, get reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress 3v cause the downfall of; of rulers 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper overthrow, overturn, subvert revolutionize overthrow by a revolution, of governments depose, force out force to leave (an office) v cut down on; make a reduction in 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down cut have a reducing effect shorten make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration spillreduce the pressure of wind on (a sail) quenchreduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance retrenchmake a reduction, as in one's workforce slashcut drastically thin outmake sparse thinmake thin or thinner detract, take awaytake away a part from; diminish deflatereduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a decline in value or prices inflateincrease the amount or availability of, creating a rise in value downsizereduce in size or number subtracttake off or away knock off, shavecut the price of foreshortenshorten lines in a drawing so as to create an illusion of depth clip, curtail, cut shortterminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or its full extent syncopateomit a sound or letter in a word cut short, truncatemake shorter as if by cutting off drawreduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it through a die clip, crop, cut back, dress, lop, prune, snip, trimcultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of mark downreduce the price of decrease, lessen, minify make smaller v impose something unpleasant 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper impose, inflict, visit dictate, order, prescribe issue commands or orders for intrude, obtrudethrust oneself in as if by force clampimpose or inflict forcefully giveinflict as a punishment foistto force onto another mandatemake mandatory communicate, intercommunicate transmit thoughts or feelings v cause to be enthusiastic Her playing brought down the house Hyper enthuse cause to feel enthusiasm |
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