turn down

调低；关小；拒绝

Why did she turn down your invitation?(她为什么谢绝你的邀请？)

They were offers he couldn't turn down.(他们的待遇，让他不能拒绝。)

Turn down the music. It's too loud.(关小音乐，太吵了。)

I turn down the steep path to find.(我沿着陡峭的小路走下去。)

We get distracted before we can turn down the heating.(在把暖气关小之前我们就分心了。)

They can turn down applications from scientists they believe will work against their interests, or research projects that will impinge too much on their daily lives and traditional activities.(他们可以拒绝他们认为会与自己利益相悖的科学家的申请，或者对他们的日常生活和传统活动影响太大的研究项目。)

There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.(没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。)

Tom had to turn down the invitation to the party last weekend because he was too busy.(汤姆太忙了，不得不拒绝上周末的聚会邀请。)

It doesn't notice when you turn down your thermostat and drive a hybrid car.(你即使关掉恒温器，改开混合动力车，它也不会注意到。)

Usually I turn down anyone who seems too eager, but his hotel was right there and I was in no mood to start cycling round looking for anywhere else.(我通常会拒绝那些看起来过于热心的人，但他住的旅馆就在那里，我没有心情骑车到处找其他地方。)

verb

1. make lower or quieter

e.g. turn down the volume of a radio

Synonym: lowerlour

2. take a downward direction

e.g. The economy finally turned down after a long boom

3. reject with contempt

e.g. She spurned his advances

Synonym: rejectspurnfreeze offscornpooh-poohdisdain

4. refuse to accept

e.g. He refused my offer of hospitality

Synonym: refuserejectpass updecline

5. refuse entrance or membership

e.g. They turned away hundreds of fans
Black people were often rejected by country clubs

Synonym: rejectturn awayrefuse

1. 拒绝(某人或其请求、提议等)
If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer.

turn down什么意思

e.g. Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down...
在这之前，我本该笑着拒绝她。
e.g. I thanked him for the offer but turned it down…
我谢绝了他的提议。

2. 关小;调低
When you turn down a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls.

turn down的意思

e.g. He kept turning the central heating down...
他不断调低中央暖气的温度。
e.g. She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.
她受不了没完没了的音乐，就把音量调小了。

3. （比率）减少;（水平）降低
If the rate or level of something turns down, it decreases.

e.g. The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s.
20 世纪 50 年代离婚率下降了。