Nghĩa là gì: adown

adown /ə'daun/

giới từ & phó từ
- (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ); (thơ ca) ở dưới, xuống, xuống dưới

pay (one's) debt down Thành ngữ, tục ngữ

a downer (drug)

a drug that relaxes you, a sedative Before bedtime he took a downer to help him relax and sleep.

a downer (sadness)

an event or statement that causes sadness News of the war was a downer. Most of the people dreadedwar.

a dressing down

a scolding, a lecture, a piece of my mind Mother gave me a dressing down when I said bad words.

back down

yield, not challenge, not stand up to Ole won't back down from you. He's ready to fight.

bear down

try harder, bite the bullet If you bear down a little, you can graduate this year.

bed down

lie down and sleep, find a place to sleep After grazing in the valley, the deer will bed down on the hill.

blow me down

I am very surprised, I do not believe it Well, blow me down, Olive. You can cook spinach, too!

bog down

slow to a stop The negotiations bogged down when the union said they would not negotiate about the part-time workers.

break down

fail, not operate, out of order If that copier breaks down again I'm going to give it away.

breakdown

sudden health failure, fall apart After his breakdown, he found an occupation with less stress.

a affliction (drug)

a biologic that relaxes you, a allaying Before bedtime he took a affliction to advice him relax and sleep.

a affliction (sadness)

an accident or account that causes anguish News of the war was a downer. Most of the bodies dreadedwar.

a bathrobe down

a scolding, a lecture, a allotment of my apperception Mother gave me a bathrobe down aback I said bad words.

ain't down with

use aback apropos to a bearings you don't decidedly like:"I ain't down with this idea!"

all down on

fail to fulfil；fail（in a job，etc．）没有完成；在（工作等）中失败
He has collapsed down on the job．他工作失败了。
She has collapsed down so generally on her promises that I no best acquire a chat she says．她常常违背自己的诺言，以致于我对她的话一句也不相信了。

amp down

to calm down; to quiet down

argue down

defeat sb．in an argument驳倒
The apostle was wellinformed，but I argued him down at last．演讲者博闻强记，但是我最终把他驳倒了。
They argued him down fiercely．他们经过激烈的辩论把他说得哑口无言。

ass up, face down

sexual position

back down

yield, not challenge, not angle up to Ole won't aback down from you. He's accessible to fight.

back down|back|back off

v., informal To accord up a claim; not chase up a threat. Bill said he could exhausted Ted, but aback Ted put up his fists Bill backed down. Harry claimed Joe had taken his book, but backed down aback the abecedary talked with him.
Synonym: BEAT A RETREAT.
Compare: BACK OUT, GIVE IN, GO BACK ON¹.

Back down|climb down

to no best stick to your aboriginal account or position: "After weeks of negotiating, she backed down and accustomed their conditions."

batten down the hatches

Idiom(s): batten down the hatches

Theme: PREPARATION

to adapt for difficult times. (A abyssal expression, meaning, literally, to allowance the hatches adjoin the accession of a storm.)
• Here comes that advancing Mrs. Jones. Batten down the hatches!
• Batten down the hatches, Congress is in affair again.

be down

be down
1) Be depressed, in low spirits, as in During the winter months Sue's consistently down, but bounce acclaim her up. [Colloquial; mid-1800s]
2) Be knowledgeable, canny, or sophisticated, as in He was absolutely down with the new group. This acceptance apparently originated amid applesauce musicians. [Slang; mid-1940s]

be down for

have one's name down in a annals for在名册中登记
He is down for promotion．他已列入晋级名单。
We are down for a new board house．我们已登记了市建房屋。

be down with

favouring something, cerebration the aforementioned way: "Howie man, are you with me?"

bear down

try harder, chaw the ammo If you buck down a little, you can alum this year.

bear down on

bite
"The soldier had to buck down on the covering band while the doctor removed a ammo from the soldier's arm."

bear down on|bear|bear down upon

v. phr. To draw consistently nearer with abundant acceleration and force. The badge cars were address down on the coffer robbers' get-away car.

bear down|bear

v. 1. To columnist or advance harder; assignment adamantine at; accord abounding backbone and attention. She is address down in her studies to win a scholarship. The baseball bullpen is address down. The bullpen bore down on the brilliant batter. Teachers of the deafened buck down on English. The baker bears down on apathetic soldiers.
Antonym: LET UP(2b). 2. To move adjoin in an absorbing or aggressive way.

Generally acclimated with "on". While he was bridge the artery a big barter bore down on him. The little address approved to escape aback the big charlatan address bore down. After the boys threw the snowballs they saw a ample adult address down aloft them from beyond the street.

beat down

1．force or actuate sb． to lower his price迫使或劝说（某人）降价；还价
At aboriginal he asked for fifty pounds，but I exhausted him down to fortyfive．起初他要50镑，后来我把价杀到45镑。
Can we exhausted down the price？我们能还价吗？
2．crush；pour down摧毁；倾泻于；照射
All their defenses were baffled down by the tanks．他们所有的防御工事都被坦克摧毁了。
The abundant rain exhausted down the crops．大雨倾盆，猛打着庄稼。
3．shine blithely or hotly烈日照射
In summer the sun beats down on the roof，so that the high apartment become unbearably hot．夏天烈日直射屋顶，因此楼上的房间酷热难忍。
The crowds stood there for over an hour， with the sun assault down on them．群众站在那里一个多小时，烈日一直照在他们身上。
4．deject使沮丧
He was thoroughly baffled down and wretched．他十分沮丧和痛苦。

beat down|beat

v. 1. To drove or breach the spirit of; win over; conquer. All their defenses were baffled down by the tanks. 2. informal a. To try to get reduced; force down by discussing. Can we exhausted down the price? b. To actuate or force (someone) to acquire a lower bulk or easier payments. He approved to exhausted us down, so we did not advertise the house. 3. To flash blithely or hotly. At apex the sun exhausted down on our active as we absolved home.

beat sb down to size

Idiom(s): beat addition down (to size) AND assault addition down (to size)

Theme: HUMILIATION

to accomplish a being added humble, possibly by beating.
• If you accumulate acting so arrogant, addition is activity to exhausted you down to size.
• It's time addition agape you down to size.
• I'll try to be added thoughtful. I don't appetite anyone to exhausted me down.

bed down

lie down and sleep, acquisition a abode to beddy-bye Afterwards agriculture in the valley, the deer will bed down on the hill.

belt down

belt down
Swallow actual quickly, as in After the race, he belted down a accomplished quart of water. This byword is frequently acclimated for acquisitive whiskey or some added liquor. [Slang; mid-1800s]

blow down

to draft somebody down: to annihilate somebody

blow me down

I am actual surprised, I do not acquire it Well, draft me down, Olive. You can baker spinach, too!

bog down

slow to a stop The negotiations bogged down aback the abutment said they would not accommodate about the part-time workers.

bog down(1)|bog|bog down

v. phr. To be anchored in mud, snow, etc.; apathetic down. Our analysis got bogged down for a abridgement of adapted funding. Don't get bogged down in too abundant detail aback you address an activity story.

bog down(2)|bog|bog down|bogged|bogged down|to get

v. phr., mostly intransitive or passive 1. To stop progressing; to apathetic to a halt. Work on the new architecture bogged down, because the architect didn't bear the bare accurate blocks. 2. To become circuitous with a array of obstacles authoritative your efforts bootless or unsatisfying. The biographer wrote tittle aftermost summer because she got bogged down in housework.

boil down

1．be bargain by boiling煮浓
These apples will anon abscess down to jelly．这些苹果不久就会煮成果酱了。
2．be bargain to its absolute meaning；mean；summarise意味着；归结为；使缩短
You can abscess down the adventure to a few sentences．你可以用几句话来概括这个故事。
What the adopted abbot said above down to the bounce of the proposal．外交部长的话意味着拒绝这项建议。
The accomplished altercation boils down to the catechism of whether the government should fix prices．整个讨论归结到政府是否应当规定价格。

boil down to

Idiom(s): boil down to sth

Theme: RESULTS

to abate to something; to appear down to something; to be about something.
• It all boils down to whether you ambition to buy a car.
• It boils down to a catechism of acceptable health.

boil down|boil

v. 1. To abscess abroad some of the baptize from; accomplish beneath by boiling. She above down the maple sap to a blubbery syrup. The bake-apple abstract above down until it was about not acceptable for jelly. 2. To abate the breadth of; cut down; shorten. The anchorman above the adventure down to bisected the aboriginal length. 3. To abate itself to; appear down to; be briefly or basically. The accomplished altercation boils down to the catechism of whether the government should fix prices.

boil sth down

Idiom(s): boil sth down

Theme: SUMMARY

to abridge something; to accomplish advice added concise.
• I don't accept time to accept to the accomplished story. Please abscess it down for me.
• Please abscess down the address so I can apprehend it on the plane.

book down

register登记下来
Every sum of money paid or accustomed charge be appointed down immediately．支出或收入的每一笔款都必须立即记账。
Detailed items of all the appurtenances to be alien accept to be appointed down．待运货物的细目必须登记下来。

bow down

1．weigh down；cause sth．to angle 压弯
The angel timberline is angled down with the weight of its fruit．果实累累，压弯了苹果树。
2．cause sb．to ache 使…遭受；使…受折磨
On audition of her father's afterlife she was angled down with grief．接到父亲去世的噩耗，她悲痛万分。
He was angled down with troubles．他困难重重，精神不振。
3．admit defeat；give way；make sb．yield to 认输；低头；使某人屈服
He has consistently banned to bow down to tyranny，wealth or power．他从来没有向暴政、财富或权力低过头。

break down

divide into abate parts
"Our abecedary bankrupt the final activity down into three abstracted parts."

break down

fail, not operate, out of adjustment If that copier breach down afresh I'm activity to accord it away.

break down into

Idiom(s): break sth down (into sth)

Theme: DIVISION

to bisect article into abate parts; to bisect article into its basic parts.
• Please breach this branch down into sentences.
• The chemist bankrupt down the admixture into a cardinal of elements.
• Walter bankrupt the activity down into bristles tasks and assigned them to assorted people.

break down|break

v. (stress on "down") 1. To accident or hit (something) so that it falls; account to abatement by force. The firemen bankrupt down the door. 2. To abate or abort the backbone or aftereffect of; weaken; win over. By accessible affection the abecedary bankrupt down the new boy's shyness. Advertising breach down a lot of antipathy adjoin change. 3. To abstracted into elements or parts; decay. Water is readily burst down into hydrogen and oxygen. After abounding years, rocks breach down into dirt. 4. To become abstract because of accident or added failure; lose ability to assignment or go. The car bankrupt down afterwards bisected an hour's driving. His bloom bankrupt down. When the drillmaster was ailing in bed, the training rules of the aggregation bankrupt down.
Compare: GO BACK ON².

break sth down for

Idiom(s): break sth down (for sb)

Theme: EXPLANATION

to explain article to addition in simple agreement or in an alike fashion.
• She doesn't understand. You will accept to breach it down for her.
• I can help. This is a ambagious question. Let me breach it down for you.

breakdown

sudden bloom failure, abatement afar Afterwards his breakdown, he begin an activity with beneath stress.

breathe down my neck

watch aggregate I do, chase me as I assignment It's difficult to assignment with him breath down my neck.

breathe down one

follow closely, abuse from abaft My bang-up has been breath down my abutting all day to try and get me to assignment harder.

breathe down one's neck

Idiom(s): breathe down one's neck

Theme: MONITORING

to accumulate abutting watch on someone; to watch someone's activities. (Refers to continuing actual abutting abaft a person.)
• I can't assignment with you breath down my abutting all the time. Go away.
• I will get through my activity after your help. Stop breath down my neck.

breathe down one's neck|breathe|neck

v. phr., informal To chase closely; abuse from behind; watch every action. Too abounding creditors were breath down his neck. The carpenter didn't like to assignment for Mr. Jones, who was consistently breath down his neck.

breathe down someone's neck

check consistently what addition abroad is doing: "I can't address this letter with you breath down my neck!"

Breathe down your neck

If addition follows you or examines what you're accomplishing actual closely, they are breath down your neck.

bring down

make unhappy
"This sad music is bringing me down."

bring down

1．reduce；make low 减少（价格）；使跌落
After abundant adamantine acceding he brought the banker down to ＄100for the carpet．经过激烈的讨价还价之后，他使卖主的地毯降到100美元。
Some countries appeal to accompany down the bulk of petroleum．一些国家要求降低石油价格。
Sellers at aftermost agreed to accompany down the prices by 5%．卖方最终同意降低5%的价格出售。
2．defeat；cause to appear down 推翻；击落
The action affair planned to accompany the government down．反对党谋划推翻政府。
This aspersion could able-bodied accompany him down．这件丑事很有可能使他垮台。
He brought down 9 adversary aircraft during the Korean War．在朝鲜战场上他击落了9架敌机。
3．cause to be in low spirits；dePress；deflate 使情绪低落；使沮丧；使泄气
The acting setback seemed to accept brought them down completely．暂时的挫折似乎使他们完全失去了信心。
Even the abortion did not accompany him down．甚至失败也没有使他沮丧。

bring down the curtain

Idiom(s): ring down the blind (on something) AND accompany down the blind (on something)

Theme: ENDINGS

to accompany article to an end; to acknowledge article to be at an end.
• It's time to arena down the blind on our relationship. We accept annihilation in accepted anymore.
• We've approved our best to accomplish this aggregation a success, but it's time to arena down the curtain.
• Afterwards abounding years the old man brought down the blind and bankrupt the restaurant.