beat down

英 [biːt daʊn]

美 [biːt daʊn]

（太阳）暴晒，强烈地照射; （雨）滂沱而下，倾盆而下; 压低（卖主要价）

柯林斯词典

• （烈日）暴晒，强烈地照射
  When the sunbeats down, it is very hot and bright.
• PHRASAL VERB （雨）滂沱而下，倾盆而下
  When the rainbeats down, it rains very hard.
  1. Even in the winter with the rain beating down, it's nice and cosy in there.
     即使在大雨倾盆的冬天，那里也非常舒适。
• PHRASAL VERB 压价；砍价；杀价
  If youbeat downa person who is selling you something, you force them to accept a lower price for it than they wanted to get.
  1. A fair employer, when arranging for the pay of a carpenter, does not try to beat him down...
     一个公道的雇主在商定木匠的工钱时不会使劲压价。
  2. Beat down the seller to the price that suits you.
     把卖家的要价砍到你能接受的价格。

英英释义

verb

• dislodge from a position
  1. She beat the dealer down to a much better price
• shine hard
  1. The sun beat down on the hikers
• persuade the seller to accept a lower price
  1. She beat the merchant down $100
  Synonym:bargain down

双语例句

• A fair employer, when arranging for the pay of a carpenter, does not try to beat him down
  一个公道的雇主在商定木匠的工钱时不会使劲压价。
• He knelt there, letting the drip slowly fill up his makeshift "cup," as the sun beat down on his little back.
  他跪在那儿，让水滴慢慢滴满他双手窝成的“杯子”，太阳火辣辣地照射在他小小的后背上。
• The sun beat down on the sand, making it painful to walk barefoot.
  阳光照射着沙子，光着脚走上去甚至感觉到疼。
• Someone took the beat down too far.
  有人光打不够还要来刺的。
• I beat down his price.
  我压低了他的价格。
• I beat down the price ( to 600).
  我把价格压低（到600英镑）了。
• Torrential rains that beat down on her like hailstones.
  如冰雹一般滂沱而下打在她身上的暴雨。
• They beat down every attempt to liberalize the press.
  他们压制了一切新闻报道自由化的意图。
• He exhaled, finished hes champagne and ducked into the shower without looking at the mirror again, and spent fifteen minutes letting the water beat down on the back of his neck.
  他呼出气，喝完了香槟，不再看镜子，走进淋浴间，就这样让水柱打在他的背上，整整十五分钟。
• Can we beat down the price?
  我们能把价压下来吗？