| 词汇 | beat down |
| 释义 | beat downbeat down phrasal verbphr v a) DNif the sun beats down, it shines very brightly and the weather is hot 〔烈日〕曝晒，强烈照射 b) DNif the rain beats down, it is raining very hard 〔雨〕倾盆而下 c) beat the door down to hit a door so hard that it falls down 把门都捶破了 d) beat somebody down British EnglishBrECHEAP to persuade someone to reduce a price 跟某人还价，跟某人杀价 beat somebody down to He wanted £4,500 for the car, but I beat him down to £3,850. 这辆车他想卖4,500英镑，但最后我压到了3,850英镑。 e) beat somebody ↔ down to make someone feel defeated, so they no longer respect themselves 使某人颓丧，使某人沮丧 The women seemed beaten down. 这些女人好像很颓丧。 Examples from the Corpus beat somebody down• I beat him down and got the bracelet for $2.• The owners originally wanted $1000 for the horse, but George managed to beat them down to $850. → beat down at beat1(PHRASAL VERB) |
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