beat down

英 [biːt daʊn]

美 [biːt daʊn]

（太阳）暴晒，强烈地照射; （雨）滂沱而下，倾盆而下; 压低（卖主要价）

柯林斯词典

• （烈日）暴晒，强烈地照射
  When the sunbeats down, it is very hot and bright.
• PHRASAL VERB （雨）滂沱而下，倾盆而下
  When the rainbeats down, it rains very hard.
  1. Even in the winter with the rain beating down, it's nice and cosy in there.
     即使在大雨倾盆的冬天，那里也非常舒适。
• PHRASAL VERB 压价；砍价；杀价
  If youbeat downa person who is selling you something, you force them to accept a lower price for it than they wanted to get.
  1. A fair employer, when arranging for the pay of a carpenter, does not try to beat him down...
     一个公道的雇主在商定木匠的工钱时不会使劲压价。
  2. Beat down the seller to the price that suits you.
     把卖家的要价砍到你能接受的价格。

英英释义

verb

• dislodge from a position
  1. She beat the dealer down to a much better price
• shine hard
  1. The sun beat down on the hikers
• persuade the seller to accept a lower price
  1. She beat the merchant down $100
  Synonym:bargain down

双语例句

• Every day, people all over the world get beat down.
  这个世界上每天总会有人失落的。
• Someone took the beat down too far.
  有人光打不够还要来刺的。
• They beat down every attempt to liberalize the press.
  他们压制了一切新闻报道自由化的意图。
• Then, as the rain beat down like a bullet.
  紧接着，雨如子弹似的打了下来。
• The sun beat down upon them.
  太阳打在他们的身上。
• He knelt there, letting the drip slowly fill up his makeshift "cup," as the sun beat down on his little back.
  他跪在那儿，让水滴慢慢滴满他双手窝成的“杯子”，太阳火辣辣地照射在他小小的后背上。
• The sun beat down on the sand, making it painful to walk barefoot.
  阳光照射着沙子，光着脚走上去甚至感觉到疼。
• She took off her hat and let the sun beat down on her.
  她脱掉了帽子，让阳光照射着本人。
• I beat down his price.
  我压低了他的价格。
• Torrential rains that beat down on her like hailstones.
  如冰雹一般滂沱而下打在她身上的暴雨。