pin somebody/something ↔ down

phrasal verbphr v

a) FIND OUTto make someone give clear details or make a definite decision about something 让〔某人〕详细说明，让〔某人〕明确表态

Did you manage to pin him down to a definite date?

你有没有设法让他定个具体日期？

He’s impossible to pin down.

让他明确表态是不可能的。

b) UNDERSTANDto understand something clearly or be able to describe it exactly 清楚地知道，确切地描述，确定

hard/difficult to pin down

The flavour was hard to pin down.

那味道很难确切描述。

c) if soldiers etc involved in fighting are pinned down, they cannot move from their position because someone is shooting at them 〔在战斗中〕火力压制

The rebels have been pinned down in a camp to the south of the river.

叛乱分子已被火力压制在河南岸的营区。

Examples from the Corpus

pin to• As regards yeomen the statistics serve chiefly to emphasise the difficulty of pinning them down to a precise definition.• By that I do not mean than one can not pin them down to set feeding patterns on specific waters.

hard/difficult to pin down• An explanation from Lipsey for his withdrawal Friday has been hard to pin down.• Since flavour is an emotive as well as a factual quality, it is hard to pin down.• It was little wonder that, during this time, Gergiev proved difficult to pin down for a promised meeting.• The precise moment when it was first questioned is hard to pin down for sure.• It is hard to pin down something as elusive as a good school climate.• Although we will clarify it in the course of this study, multimedia is hard to pin down to a rigid definition.• On the other hand, he was extremely difficult to pin down to any conclusion.

→ pin somebody/something ↔ down at pin2(1)

词汇	pin somebody/something ↔ down
释义	pin somebody/something ↔ down pin somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v a) FIND OUTto make someone give clear details or make a definite decision about something 让〔某人〕详细说明，让〔某人〕明确表态 to Did you manage to pin him down to a definite date? 你有没有设法让他定个具体日期？ He’s impossible to pin down. 让他明确表态是不可能的。 b) UNDERSTANDto understand something clearly or be able to describe it exactly 清楚地知道，确切地描述，确定 hard/difficult to pin down The flavour was hard to pin down. 那味道很难确切描述。 c) if soldiers etc involved in fighting are pinned down, they cannot move from their position because someone is shooting at them 〔在战斗中〕火力压制 The rebels have been pinned down in a camp to the south of the river. 叛乱分子已被火力压制在河南岸的营区。 Examples from the Corpus pin to• As regards yeomen the statistics serve chiefly to emphasise the difficulty of pinning them down to a precise definition.• By that I do not mean than one can not pin them down to set feeding patterns on specific waters. hard/difficult to pin down• An explanation from Lipsey for his withdrawal Friday has been hard to pin down.• Since flavour is an emotive as well as a factual quality, it is hard to pin down.• It was little wonder that, during this time, Gergiev proved difficult to pin down for a promised meeting.• The precise moment when it was first questioned is hard to pin down for sure.• It is hard to pin down something as elusive as a good school climate.• Although we will clarify it in the course of this study, multimedia is hard to pin down to a rigid definition.• On the other hand, he was extremely difficult to pin down to any conclusion. → pin somebody/something ↔ down at pin2(1)
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