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英 [neɪl daʊn]

美 [neɪl daʊn]

弄清; 确定; 确定（协议）

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 弄清;确定
  If younail downsomething unknown or uncertain, you find out exactly what it is.
  1. It would be useful if you could nail down the source of this tension.
     如果你能弄清这种紧张的根源，将会大有益处。
• PHRASAL VERB 确定(协议)
  If younail downan agreement, you manage to reach a firm agreement with a definite result.
  1. The Secretary of State and his Russian counterpart met to try to nail down the elusive accord.
     美国国务卿和俄罗斯外交部长进行了会晤，试图敲定这项难以达成的协议。
• PHRASAL VERB 钉牢;钉住
  If younailsomethingdown, you fix it firmly onto something.
  1. Lay strips of 4mm ply over the mesh and nail these down with panel pins.
     把4毫米厚的胶合板条铺在网子上，然后用镶板钉钉牢。

英英释义

verb

• make final
  1. let's finalize the proposal
  Synonym:finalizefinalisesettle
• define clearly
  1. I cannot narrow down the rules for this game
  Synonym:pin downpeg downnarrow downnarrowspecify
• succeed in obtaining a position
  1. He nailed down a spot at Harvard
  Synonym:nailpeg

双语例句

• The public benefits of commodity packaging is that the design of packaging should propose reasonable social ethic and order, promulgate civilization, nail down the tendency of social morality, and have the idea of serving the public.
  摘要商品包装的公益性是指包装设计应倡导合理的社会伦理秩序，传播文明精神，明确社会道德价值趋向，具有为社会公众服务的公益观念。
• Objective: to nail down manpower allocation of prevention and control of hepatitis B in CDC in cities and counties.
  前言：目的：明确我国地（县）级疾病预防控制中心乙肝防制工作人力配置需要。
• Lay strips of 4mm ply over the mesh and nail these down with panel pins.
  把4毫米厚的胶合板条铺在网子上，然后用镶板钉钉牢。
• I'm thinking it may help us nail down the vic's ID.
  我在想这么做或许能帮我们找出死者身份。
• He stayed another week, trying to nail down train tickets beyond Kuibyshev.
  他又呆了一个星期，设法弄到比古比雪夫更远的火车票。
• It would be useful if you could nail down the source of this tension.
  如果你能弄清这种紧张的根源，将会大有益处。
• One is that the mainstream media are inexorably being dragged toward the Twitter, or news agency, model of constantly publishing and updating information, and away from the traditional approach of waiting for a while to nail down what is clearly true.
  一是主流媒体被无情地拉向Twitter或连续发布和更新信息的典范&新闻通讯社，而告别等待一段时间以确认事实的传统方式。
• When the country is on-call for your nuptials, it's less important to nail down what you really want.
  如果国家对你的婚礼能随时准备好，就不用太确定你真正需要什么。
• To nail down the aim of a class is the premise of merging setting-up and producing, to design elastic teaching procedure is the assurance, and to control a class smartly is the linchpin.
  设计弹性教学方案是预设和生成“相融共荣”的保证。灵活驾驭课堂是预设和生成“相融共荣”的关键。
• Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?
  为什么非要用钉子把棺材的盖子钉住？