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单词 write down
释义 write down
transitive verb
1. : to commit to writing : record in written form
 < write down each letter as you receive it — Boy Scout Handbk. >
 < instruments … which automatically write down their impressions of temperature — Waldemar Kaempffert >
 < writes herself down as a United States citizen — Current Biography >
2. : to record, regard, or reveal as being
 < not to be somewhat hilarious would be to write oneself down a bore — H.A.Overstreet >
3.
 a. : to depreciate, disparage, or injure by writing
  < has very properly written down his value as a straight novelist — Times Literary Supplement >
 b. : to reduce in status, rank, or value
  < the legal position of the service secretaries was therefore written down — T.K.Finletter >
 specifically : to reduce the book value of
  < write down an asset >
 c. : to play down in writing
  < each of the men's parts is deliberately written down to leave her role supreme — Times Literary Supplement >
intransitive verb
: to write so as to appeal to a lower level of taste, comprehension, or intelligence : popularize or simplify unduly
 < unnecessary writing down to the juvenile audience — Anthony Boucher >
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