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 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。
• The best way to regulate such liquidity flows, she says, is not to talk down the market or try to cool demand by introducing a capital gains tax, but to raise interest rates so that the return on bank deposits becomes more attractive.
  她认为，对这些资金流进行监管的最佳办法，不是唱衰市场，也不是通过资本利得税来遏制需求，而应该提高利率，这样，银行存款的回报率才会变得更加诱人。
• I need somebody to talk me down off the ledge.
  我需要有人在边上帮我。
• 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。
• How'd you talk him down?
  你们怎么把他弄下来的？
• 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。
• They talk down to us, as I'm sure the Teir'Dal do in Freeport about their half-elves.
  而且我肯定自由港的泰尔达们对那些半精灵也一样！
• 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。
• Are you trying to talk me down?
  你想说服我放弃？
• Adults often talk down to children.
  大人们常用居高临下的口吻对孩子们讲话。