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

• I need somebody to talk me down off the ledge.
  我需要有人在边上帮我。
• Try not to talk down to your employees.
  尽量不要用居高临下的口气对雇员说话。
• 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。
• The sequence where Hughes meets her family and they talk down to him is nervy.
  其中一幕讲述晓治与她的家人见面，他们自以为是地跟晓活说话，厚颜无耻。
• One after another their ideas were talk down.
  一个接着一个的意见被说服（否决）。
• 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。
• The peace talk broke down without any agreement being reached.
  和平谈判破局了，没有达成任何协议。
• How dare you talk down to me like this?
  你竟敢用这样高高在上的口气对我讲话？
• I'm not a child any more. Don't talk down to me.
  我不再是孩子了，别用这种态度跟我说话。