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

• 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。
• I need somebody to talk me down off the ledge.
  我需要有人在边上帮我。
• Such an eloquent man will easily talk us down.
  这样一个有口才的人很容易把我们驳得无话说。
• 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。
• One after another their ideas were talk down.
  一个接着一个的意见被说服（否决）。
• 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。
• 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。
• However, it is not clear whether the measures are an effort to talk down potential price rises or a more serious effort to force producers and retailers to forestall increases in line with government demands.
  不过，这些举措是试图唱衰潜在的价格上涨，还是一种更为认真的努力，以迫使生产商和零售商根据政府要求避免提价，目前尚不清楚。
• Whatever she says, try to talk her down.
  不管她说，试图说服她了。
• Don't talk over their heads or talk down to them.
  不要仰面而言或是埋头而读。