bring down

英 [brɪŋ daʊn]

美 [brɪŋ daʊn]

使（政府或当权者）垮台; 射落; 击落; 击倒

经济

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使（政府或当权者）垮台
  When people or eventsbring downa government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
  1. They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition...
     他们威胁要退出执政联盟，让政府垮台。
  2. His challenge to Mrs Thatcher brought her down.
     他的挑战导致了撒切尔夫人的下台。
• PHRASAL VERB 射落；击落；击倒
  If someone or somethingbrings downa person or aeroplane, they cause them to fall, usually by shooting them.
  1. Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.
     军事史学家们可能永远也不会知道是什么击落了这架喷气式飞机。

英英释义

verb

• cut down on
  1. reduce your daily fat intake
  2. The employer wants to cut back health benefits
  Synonym:reducecut downcut backtrimtrim downtrim backcut
• impose something unpleasant
  1. The principal visited his rage on the students
  Synonym:inflictvisitimpose
• cause to be enthusiastic
  1. Her playing brought down the house
• move something or somebody to a lower position
  1. take down the vase from the shelf
  Synonym:lowertake downlet downget down
• cause to come to the ground
  1. the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
  Synonym:landput down
• cause the downfall of
  1. The Czar was overthrown
  2. subvert the ruling class
  Synonym:overthrowsubvertoverturn

双语例句

• They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition
  他们威胁要退出执政联盟，让政府垮台。
• Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.
  军事史学家们可能永远也不会知道是什么击落了这架喷气式飞机。
• How many do you want? I can probably get the owner to bring down the price.
  你要几只？我大概可以找店主杀价！
• We've got to shore up our budget, and bring down our deficits.
  我们需要削减我们的预算，将我们的赤字降下来。
• It is not far fetched to imagine that these external forces can even bring down governments and their economies!
  你别说不可思议，这些外部势力甚至可以把政府和它们的经济搞垮。
• His challenge to Mrs Thatcher brought her down.
  他的挑战导致了撒切尔夫人的下台。
• Whenever we have a family gathering, my father always tells jokes that bring down the house.
  我们每次家庭聚会时，我爸总是会讲笑话，使家里笑声满堂。
• Bring down or defeat, in sports.
  在体育运动中把对方打倒或击败。
• First bring down his temperature.
  先给他退热再说。
• They wanted to bring down the government, but without shedding blood.
  他们想推翻政府，但不想流血。