turn down

1. PHRASAL VERB 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.
   1. Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down...
      在这之前，我本该笑着拒绝她。
   2. I thanked him for the offer but turned it down…
      我谢绝了他的提议。
   3. Would you turn down $7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine?
      给你 700 万美元要你裸体登上杂志，你会拒绝吗？
2. PHRASAL VERB 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.
   1. He kept turning the central heating down...
      他不断调低中央暖气的温度。
   2. 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. PHRASAL VERB （比率）减少;（水平）降低
   If the rate or level of something turns down, it decreases.
   1. The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s.
      20 世纪 50 年代离婚率下降了。

in AM, use 美国英语用 fall

1. I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down
   我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。
2. Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down
   在这之前，我本该笑着拒绝她。
3. I thanked him for the offer but turned it down
   我谢绝了他的提议。
4. Would you turn down$ 7,000,000 to appear nude in a magazine?
   给你700万美元要你裸体登上杂志，你会拒绝吗？
5. He kept turning the central heating down
   他不断调低中央暖气的温度。
6. 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。
7. Most developers reserve the right to turn down a property they think is virtually unsaleable.
   大多数开发商会保留权利，拒绝接手他们认为基本没可能卖出去的地产。
8. There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.
   没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
9. He didn't have the heart to [ couldn't bear to] turn down their request.
   他不忍心拒绝他们的要求。
10. I can't conceive why they turn down your proposal.
    我难以想象，他们为什么要拒绝你们的建议。
11. A: Do you think I should turn down his offer?
    你认为我应该拒绝他的报价吗？
12. I turn down the offer.
    我拒绝了那个提议。
13. Turn down the music. It's too loud.
    关小音乐，太吵了。
14. That's very good. I once turn down a job offer just because the office is awful.
    非常好。我曾经因为办公室太糟糕而拒绝了一份工作。
15. Should I turn down the screen intensity?
    我应该调低屏幕亮度吗？
16. I had to turn down a job offer from a theater because the pay was too low.
    我不得不拒尽剧院给我的工作，由于报酬太低了。
17. A.Could I possibly ask you to turn down the volume on your TV?
    我能不能请你把你的电视音量开小一些？
18. You are considerate to turn down your radio when I am sleeping.
    我睡觉的时候你关小收音机，考虑真是周到。
19. Supposing I turn down your offer, would you feel disappointed?
    假如我拒绝你的提议，你会感到失望吗？
20. You thought I couldn't turn down debra, right?
    你以为我不能拒绝黛布拉，对吗？
21. Turn down the TV, please.
    太吵了，请把电视音量调低些。
22. They are all great projects, and I couldn't bear to turn down any of them.
    它们全是好的计划，我不能忍受拒绝它们当中的任何一个。
23. To check this, we turn down the threshold level.
    为了检验这一点，我们把阀值调低。
24. The projects you turn down say more about you as a professional than the work you accept.
    与你接受的工作相比，被你拒绝的工作会让你更专业。
25. We might turn down the project.
    我们可以拒绝这项方案。
26. I had to turn down the brightness on my TV, but it looked fine then.
    我只得调低了电视机的亮度，然后画面看起来就很好了。
27. He'll leave if you turn down the lights.
    你把灯光调暗他就会走了。
28. I will go to bed, would you turn down the tv?
    我想睡觉，你能将电视的音量调小些吗？
29. She turn down every offer of help.
    别人提出的帮助他都拒绝了。

verb

1. make lower or quieter
   1. turn down the volume of a radio

   Synonym:    lowerlour

2. take a downward direction
   1. The economy finally turned down after a long boom

3. reject with contempt
   1. She spurned his advances

   Synonym:    rejectspurnfreeze offscornpooh-poohdisdain

4. refuse to accept
   1. He refused my offer of hospitality

   Synonym:    refuserejectpass updecline

5. refuse entrance or membership
   1. They turned away hundreds of fans
   2. Black people were often rejected by country clubs

   Synonym:    rejectturn awayrefuse