drag down

英 [dræɡ daʊn]

美 [dræɡ daʊn]

降低…的身份（或社会地位）; 使堕落; 使虚弱; 使沮丧

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 降低…的身份（或社会地位）；使堕落
  Todragsomeonedownmeans to reduce them to an inferior social status or to lower standards of behaviour.
  1. She dragged him down with her...
     她把他拉下了水。
  2. There were fears he would be dragged down by the scandal.
     有人担心他会因丑闻而辱没了身份。
• PHRASAL VERB 使虚弱;使沮丧
  Something thatdragsyoudownmakes you feel weak or depressed.
  1. I have had really bad bouts of flu that have really dragged me down.
     我患上了重度流感，快被拖垮了。

英英释义

verb

• exert a force with a heavy weight
  1. The snow bore down on the roof
  Synonym:bear downbear down onpress down onweigh down

双语例句

• There were fears he would be dragged down by the scandal.
  有人担心他会因丑闻而辱没了身份。
• The report points to inequities in the world trading system that drag down export growth of developing countries.
  报告指出，在世界贸易体制中存在的不平等制约了发展中国家的出口增长。
• Bosses are quick to catch on to naysayers who drag down morale, and they know that there are always enthusiastic replacements waiting just around the corner.
  老板们会迅速揪出那个总是唱反调的、降低士气的那个人，他们知道随时都能找到充满工作热情的人来替代你。
• Germany's defeat was bound to drag down Japan.
  德国的溃败势必要拖垮日本。
• He expressed confidence that European sovereign debt problems will not worsen but he said social welfare systems in the EU were a burden on many countries 'economies and would drag down growth.
  他表示，欧洲的主权债务问题不会恶化，他对此抱有信心，但他同时称，欧盟的社会福利制度对许多国家的经济是一个负担，会拖累经济增长。
• A slump could drag down other sectors like steel production.
  经济萧条可能影响相关产业部门，如钢铁生产。
• Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will drag down the economy.
  金融制度的不稳定会在多长时间以及多大程度上使经济下滑，目前还没有人清楚。
• They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
  他们会把你拉低到和他们同等的水平，再用经验击败你。
• She dragged him down with her
  她把他拉下了水。
• Stimulus action would help to ease international concerns that a Chinese slowdown will drag down further a global economy beset by the eurozone crisis and a lukewarm US recovery.
  中国若出台刺激行动，将有助于缓解国际间的担忧，即中国经济放缓将进一步拖累全球经济。目前全球经济深受欧元区危机和美国复苏乏力困扰。