bring down

英 [brɪŋ daʊn]

美 [brɪŋ daʊn]

使（政府或当权者）垮台; 射落; 击落; 击倒

经济

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。

英英释义

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

双语例句

• Their government could do nothing to bring down prices.
  他们的政府已无法使物价下降了。
• 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。
• We've got to shore up our budget, and bring down our deficits.
  我们需要削减我们的预算，将我们的赤字降下来。
• 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。
• They might bring down a gazelle, but that meat was probably not enough for some of the group.
  他们也许会拿下一头羚羊，可是那些肉对那群人中的某一些来说吃不饱。
• I only fear what your braves acts might bring down on you.
  我只怕你勇敢的行为会为你带来灾祸。
• His challenge to Mrs Thatcher brought her down.
  他的挑战导致了撒切尔夫人的下台。
• You don't want to lose them to competition or have them bring down your work.
  不应该失去他们而与你竞争或是让他们打败你。
• 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。
• First bring down his temperature.
  先给他退热再说。