bring down

英 [brɪŋ daʊn]

美 [brɪŋ daʊn]

使（政府或当权者）垮台; 射落; 击落; 击倒

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 使（政府或当权者）垮台
When people or eventsbring downa government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
1. They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition...
  他们威胁要退出执政联盟，让政府垮台。
2. His challenge to Mrs Thatcher brought her down.
  他的挑战导致了撒切尔夫人的下台。
PHRASAL VERB 射落；击落；击倒
If someone or somethingbrings downa person or aeroplane, they cause them to fall, usually by shooting them.
1. Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.
  军事史学家们可能永远也不会知道是什么击落了这架喷气式飞机。

verb

cut down on
1. reduce your daily fat intake
2. The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Synonym:reducecut downcut backtrimtrim downtrim backcut
impose something unpleasant
1. The principal visited his rage on the students
Synonym:inflictvisitimpose
cause to be enthusiastic
1. Her playing brought down the house
move something or somebody to a lower position
1. take down the vase from the shelf
Synonym:lowertake downlet downget down
cause to come to the ground
1. the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
Synonym:landput down
cause the downfall of
1. The Czar was overthrown
2. subvert the ruling class
Synonym:overthrowsubvertoverturn

First bring down his temperature.
先给他退热再说。
In American football, you have to try to bring down your opponent.
在美式橄榄球运动中，你得设法把你的对手弄倒。
These options can help to bring down the price.
这些选项有助于降低价格。
Do you have what it takes to bring down the house?
你有需要采取哪些措施来降低房子吗？
Where are the economics of scale that can bring down those prices?
能降低价格的规模经济又在哪里呢？
You bring down the lion.
你把狮子给拉下来了。
When multiplying numbers ending in nought, bring down the noughts first.
去乘尾数是零的数字时，先将零移下。
The reality is that China has run out of politically feasible means to bring down its reserves.
现实情况是，中国已经用尽了政治上可行的手段来降低其储备。
Whenever we have a family gathering, my father always tells jokes that bring down the house.
我们每次家庭聚会时，我爸总是会讲笑话，使家里笑声满堂。
They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition
他们威胁要退出执政联盟，让政府垮台。