| 词组 | talk down |
| 释义 | talk down 1. talk sth down • talk down sth BrE to talk in a way that makes something seem less good or successful than it really is: ▪ The Prime Minister accused his critics of talking Britain down. ▪ pessimists who talk down the achievements of our manufacturing industries 2. talk down sth • talk sth down • talk sb down to try to reduce the cost of something, or keep it low, by persuading someone that it should not be so high talk down prices/wages etc ▪ Employers will do everything they can to talk down wages. ▪ the ability of a dealer to talk the price down while a transaction is being negotiated talk sb down to sth (=persuade someone to reduce a price to a particular amount) ▪ She was asking $300 rent, but we talked her down to $220. 3. talk sb/sth down • talk down sb/sth to give instructions to someone who is operating the controls of an aircraft, so that they can bring the aircraft down safely, especially when there is a problem: ▪ If a trainee pilot got into difficulties, a flying instructor would talk him down. 4. talk sb down • talk down sb to persuade someone to come down from a high place when they are threatening to jump off and kill themselves: ▪ Police with loudhailers were trying to talk down a youth threatening to jump from a 29th-floor window. |
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