drag down

1. PHRASAL VERB 降低…的身份（或社会地位）；使堕落
   To drag someone down means to reduce them to an inferior social status or to lower standards of behaviour.
   1. She dragged him down with her...
      她把他拉下了水。
   2. There were fears he would be dragged down by the scandal.
      有人担心他会因丑闻而辱没了身份。
2. PHRASAL VERB 使虚弱;使沮丧
   Something that drags you down makes you feel weak or depressed.
   1. I have had really bad bouts of flu that have really dragged me down.
      我患上了重度流感，快被拖垮了。

1. She dragged him down with her
   她把他拉下了水。
2. There were fears he would be dragged down by the scandal.
   有人担心他会因丑闻而辱没了身份。
3. I have a plan to protect the value of homes and get them rising again by refinancing mortgages so your neighbor won't default and further drag down the value of your house.
   我有一套自己的计划，能够通过抵押贷款再融资计划稳定房屋价值并再次实现增值，这样你们的邻居就不必违约，也不会拖累你们自己的房子贬值。
4. Managers believe a slowing economy, inflation, shaky credit markets and energy costs are the top factors that could drag down stock returns in the second half of this year, the survey found.
   调查发现，经理们认为，经济增长放缓、通货膨胀、信贷市场动荡以及能源成本飙升是下半年可能拖累股市走低的主要因素。
5. To reveal them, you need to drag down the divider just above the words No Options; this will show you the list of other symbols available for use.
   要显示这些元素，需将分隔器拖到NoOptions的上方；这就将显示其他可用符号的列表。
6. I try to bear in mind that it isn't usually the little purchases that drag down a household budget. Far more important is how big a house you buy, how expensive a car you drive, where you send your kids to school.
   我努力让自己记住，拖累家庭财务的，不是那些零碎的花费，比这些花费更为重要的是你买多大的房子，开多贵的车，还有把孩子送到哪间学校上学。
7. Large companies such as oil major PetroChina as well as financials including Bank of China at discounts of 10 to 20 per cent drag down the average.
   石油巨头中石油（PetroChina）等大公司股票以及中国银行（BoC）等金融股的折价幅度达10%到20%，拉低了平均水平。
8. Bosses are quick to catch on to naysayers who drag down morale, and they know that there are always enthusiastic replacements waiting just around the corner.
   老板们会迅速揪出那个总是唱反调的、降低士气的那个人，他们知道随时都能找到充满工作热情的人来替代你。
9. Then I will divide it along and I will drag down the centre polygons for our bottom part like on the image.
   然后，我将它分为沿，我将拖累我们的底部在图像上像中心多边形。
10. The same day, the Dow component Boeing shares drag down blue chips lower.
    当天，道指成份股波音下跌拖累蓝筹股走低。
11. The name would drag down even a great car.
    这名字足以玷污一种了不起的好汽车。
12. He expressed confidence that European sovereign debt problems will not worsen but he said social welfare systems in the EU were a burden on many countries 'economies and would drag down growth.
    他表示，欧洲的主权债务问题不会恶化，他对此抱有信心，但他同时称，欧盟的社会福利制度对许多国家的经济是一个负担，会拖累经济增长。
13. White collar workers are beginning to feel the squeeze of inflation, as rising prices drag down quality of life for low and middle-income households, Economic Information Daily reported.
    《经济参考报》消息，物价的持续上涨，使白领们也感到通胀的压力，部分中低层白领生活质量下降。
14. Not only will the boom end in a cyclical bust, but inefficient investment will also drag down China's long-term growth rate.
    不但这次的投资热会在周期性的泡沫中结束，而且无效的投资也会将中国的长期增长率拖下来。
15. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
    他们会把你拉低到和他们同等的水平，再用经验击败你。
16. A double-dip recession for the global economy would drag down Germany's exports again.
    有以下原因。全球经济双底型衰退再次拖累德国出口。
17. They are too many, and willy-nilly they'll drag down the would-be equestrian before ever he gets astride.
    奴隶太多，无论他们愿不愿意，不等你那人跨上马背，已经被他们拉了下来。
18. Stimulus action would help to ease international concerns that a Chinese slowdown will drag down further a global economy beset by the eurozone crisis and a lukewarm US recovery.
    中国若出台刺激行动，将有助于缓解国际间的担忧，即中国经济放缓将进一步拖累全球经济。目前全球经济深受欧元区危机和美国复苏乏力困扰。
19. Some Hong Kong residents fear that Shenzhen's lower property values and wages, though rising fast, could drag down Hong Kong's.
    一些香港居民则担心香港的房价和工资水平会被深圳拖低，虽然后者的房价和工资一直在迅速增长。
20. The clear orchid continues to lower the head, heart course, you drag down, menace who?
    明兰继续低着头，心道，您拉倒吧，唬谁呢？
21. He also said that falling demand for copper in the power sector might drag down the metal's prices in the next two or three years.
    他还说，电力部门对铜金属需求的下降，在今后两三年内都会对铜价产生影响。
22. Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will drag down the economy.
    金融制度的不稳定会在多长时间以及多大程度上使经济下滑，目前还没有人清楚。
23. Germany's defeat was bound to drag down Japan.
    德国的溃败势必要拖垮日本。
24. Drag me down to where you work.
    把我拖到你上班的地方。
25. In turn, such low rates also drag down bond yields at longer maturities.
    反过来，如此低利率也会拉低长期债券的收益率。
26. The report points to inequities in the world trading system that drag down export growth of developing countries.
    报告指出，在世界贸易体制中存在的不平等制约了发展中国家的出口增长。
27. Unless Europe, Japan, and the United States can also face up to responsibilities they will drag down not only themselves but the global economy.
    除非欧洲、日本和美国能够承担起这些责任，否则不仅它们自己会陷入困境，而且也会拖全球经济的后腿。
28. This time it isn't royals imposing rules to tamp down the bourgeoisie, but the middle class creating rules to drag down the wealthy.
    这次，不是皇室颁布法令压制布尔乔亚们，而是中产阶级制定规则压制富人。
29. A slump could drag down other sectors like steel production.
    经济萧条可能影响相关产业部门，如钢铁生产。
30. To this end, the major shareholder of "tunneling" issue related to the long-term stability of the capital market, will drag down the healthy development of the economy as a whole.
    为此，大股东掏空问题关系到资本市场的长治久安，久拖不决必将拖累整个经济的健康发展。

verb

1. exert a force with a heavy weight
   1. The snow bore down on the roof

   Synonym:    bear downbear down onpress down onweigh down