talk down

英 [tɔːk daʊn]

美 [tɔːk daʊn]

（紧急情况下）引导（飞行员）安全降落; 贬低; 贬损

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (紧急情况下)引导(飞行员)安全降落
  Totalk downsomeone who is flying an aircraft in an emergency means to give them instructions so that they can land safely.
  1. The pilot began to talk him down by giving instructions over the radio.
     引航员开始通过无线电发出指令引导他安全着陆。
• PHRASAL VERB 贬低;贬损
  If someonetalks downa particular thing, they make it less interesting, valuable, or likely than it originally seemed.
  1. They even blame the government for talking down the nation's fourth biggest industry...
     他们甚至指责政府贬低该国的第四大产业。
  2. Businessmen are tired of politicians talking the economy down.
     商人厌烦政客们贬低经济的重要性。
• PHRASAL VERB 说服(或劝服)…降低要价
  Totalksomeonedownin negotiations means to persuade them to accept less money than they originally asked for.
  1. We talked them down and struck a deal...
     我们说服他们降了价，成交了。
  2. When he makes you an offer, you send me in and I'll talk him down another thousand...
     他向你报完价后，你让我进去，我再给他砍掉1, 000。
  3. This leaves the Prime Minister, like his predecessors, earnestly trying to talk down wages.
     这就使得首相和他的前任们一样，急于削减工资。

英英释义

verb

• direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
  1. the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill
• belittle through talk
• speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
  1. He talks down to her

双语例句

• I also dislike people who try to talk down to my understanding. They are like people who when walking with you try to shorten their steps to suit yours; the hypocrisy in both cases is equally exasperating.
  我也不喜欢那些对我的理解力品头论足的人，他们在和你一起走路时，总是试图缩短他们自己的步幅，只为了迎合你行走的速度。
• Don't talk over their heads or talk down to them.
  不要仰面而言或是埋头而读。
• All his talk boiled down to the fact that he did not want to go.
  他所说的全是想加重他不去的事实。
• We talked them down and struck a deal
  我们说服他们降了价，成交了。
• You've got to talk them down. She certainly had me in that argument.
  你非去驳倒他们不可。她在辩论中确实把我驳倒了。
• Adults often talk down to children.
  大人们常用居高临下的口吻对孩子们讲话。
• Businessmen are tired of politicians talking the economy down.
  商人厌烦政客们贬低经济的重要性。
• The peace talk broke down without any agreement being reached.
  和平谈判破局了，没有达成任何协议。
• Nonetheless, it reflects a strong tendency in American academia to talk down the rise of China and to stress the enduring strengths of the US system.
  不过，它反映出美国学术界的一个明显倾向，即他们往往喜欢贬低中国的增长，强调美国体制的长期优势。
• I'm not a child any more. Don't talk down to me.
  我不再是孩子了，别用这种态度跟我说话。