dress down

英 [dres daʊn]

美 [dres daʊn]

（比平时）穿着随便

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (比平时)穿着随便
  If youdress down, you wear clothes that are less smart than usual.
  1. She dresses down in baggy clothes to avoid hordes of admirers.
     她随便穿了件宽松的衣服以免被大批的粉丝认出。
• See also:Campbell dressed them down in public.dressing-down

英英释义

verb

• dress informally and casually
  1. On Fridays, employees can underdress
  Synonym:underdress
• censure severely or angrily
  1. The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
  2. The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
  3. The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
  Synonym:call on the carpettake to taskrebukeragtrouncereprooflecturereprimandjawcall downscoldchideberatebawl outremonstratechew outchew uphave wordslambastelambast

双语例句

• The Gym teacher, Coach Clapp, found me a uniform but didn't make me dress down for today's class.
  体育课老师克拉普教练给我找了件运动服，但没让我在这堂课就换上。
• She leapt from the car, hitched up her dress and sprinted down the road after him
  她从车上跳下来，提起连衣裙，对他一路紧追不放。
• Q: Should I dress up or dress down on the first date? A: It depends.
  问：第一次约会我应该穿得正式一些，还是休闲一些？答：视情况而定。
• Her cotton dress had ripped down the front.
  她的棉布连衣裙前面都扯裂了。
• Plus, even dress down days have their unwritten rules.
  况且即使是着装轻松的日子仍有其不成文的规定。
• Missoni modernized its suit at Milan fashion week, pairing a blazer with one of its trademark patterned fine-knits and fingerless gloves – showing you can dress down a suit too.
  在米兰时装周上，米索尼的西装更加现代化，与西装相搭配的是该品牌的标志之一有图案的高档针织衫和露指手套向你展示西装也可以穿得休闲。
• Harman, who like Hillary Clinton favours trouser suits, has advocated dress-down days in the house of Commons, though last weekend she described Conservative Party policies as "back to basics with an open-necked shirt".
  与希拉里克林顿一样钟情裤装的哈曼，在下议院里推崇简约的着装风格，不过上周末她描述保守党的政策是，“回到开襟衬衫那种反璞归真的状态”。
• Campbell dressed them down in public.
  坎贝尔当众训斥了他们。
• Can you make the dress down for her young sister?
  你能把衣服改小给她妹妹穿吗？
• This is never more apparent than on "dress& down days", when what you wear can say more about you than any business suit ever could.
  这种“以衣度人”的态度在“便装日”表现得更为明显，这时你的穿着比任何商务套装都更能说明你的一切。