dress down

1. PHRASAL VERB (比平时)穿着随便
   If you dress down, you wear clothes that are less smart than usual.
   1. She dresses down in baggy clothes to avoid hordes of admirers.
      她随便穿了件宽松的衣服以免被大批的粉丝认出。
2. See also: Campbell dressed them down in public. dressing-down

1. Q: Should I dress up or dress down on the first date? A: It depends.
   问：第一次约会我应该穿得正式一些，还是休闲一些？答：视情况而定。
2. She dresses down in baggy clothes to avoid hordes of admirers.
   她随便穿了件宽松的衣服以免被大批的粉丝认出。
3. Campbell dressed them down in public.
   坎贝尔当众训斥了他们。
4. Her cotton dress had ripped down the front.
   她的棉布连衣裙前面都扯裂了。
5. She leapt from the car, hitched up her dress and sprinted down the road after him
   她从车上跳下来，提起连衣裙，对他一路紧追不放。
6. She liked the dress that buttons down the back.
   她喜欢从背部扣纽扣的女装。
7. Can you make the dress down for her young sister?
   你能把衣服改小给她妹妹穿吗？
8. When I was twenty-eight, I was teaching English to freshmen in a high school where occasionally the faculty and staff were allowed to dress down.
   我二十八岁时，在一所高中教新生英语，学校的教职员工偶尔可以穿着便装。
9. In fact, people will pay more attention to what you wear on dress& down days than on "business professional" days.
   事实上，人们更注重你的便装，而不是你的职业装。
10. This is never more apparent than on "dress& down days", when what you wear can say more about you than any business suit ever could.
    这种“以衣度人”的态度在“便装日”表现得更为明显，这时你的穿着比任何商务套装都更能说明你的一切。
11. Then the bird threw a gold and silver dress down to her, and slippers embroidered with silk and silver.
    她的朋友小鸟从树上飞出来，为她带了一套金银制成的礼服和一双光亮的丝制舞鞋。
12. Plus, even dress down days have their unwritten rules.
    况且即使是着装轻松的日子仍有其不成文的规定。
13. With these pieces, today's man can create sportswear to dress up or dress down for a casual working environment or relaxed weekends.
    除了这几件衣服，如今的男士还可以穿运动装作为一种装扮，或穿便装创造一个轻松的工作环境或轻松的周末。
14. Marie Curie, in a simple, dark evening dress, glanced down the long banquet table.
    玛丽·居里身着深色简朴的晚礼服，扫视了一下那张长长的餐桌。
15. The Gym teacher, Coach Clapp, found me a uniform but didn't make me dress down for today's class.
    体育课老师克拉普教练给我找了件运动服，但没让我在这堂课就换上。
16. Shops were boarded up, banks warned employees to dress down and police responded to reports of a suspicious package at the bank.
    店家给商店上了铺板，银行警告员工不要穿着时髦，而警察也对英国央行报告的可疑包裹加以处置。
17. Help me to dress the dog down so that it would look nice.
    帮我把狗洗洗，让人看上去舒服。
18. The tailor cut the dress down.
    裁缝把衣服改小了。
19. Many people want to know if they actually have to dress down.
    许多人想弄清楚他们是否真得着装随意。
20. They eschew badges of social rank here, dress down and de-stress.
    在这儿，他们可以远离社会等级标记，穿着随便，尽情减压。
21. Missoni modernized its suit at Milan fashion week, pairing a blazer with one of its trademark patterned fine-knits and fingerless gloves – showing you can dress down a suit too.
    在米兰时装周上，米索尼的西装更加现代化，与西装相搭配的是该品牌的标志之一有图案的高档针织衫和露指手套向你展示西装也可以穿得休闲。
22. That man doesn't talk reason. it's a splendid chance to dress him down a bit.
    这人不讲道理，这个是机会，得好好说他一下。
23. These days men are more selective about when and where to dress up or dress down.
    而如今男士们对何时何地盛装打扮或穿着随便有了更多的考虑。
24. Some profes-sions, such as advertising, dress down all the time to demonstrate their creativity.
    在有些行业，如广告业，人们则一直穿便装，以展示他们的创造性。
25. Harman, who like Hillary Clinton favours trouser suits, has advocated dress-down days in the house of Commons, though last weekend she described Conservative Party policies as "back to basics with an open-necked shirt".
    与希拉里克林顿一样钟情裤装的哈曼，在下议院里推崇简约的着装风格，不过上周末她描述保守党的政策是，“回到开襟衬衫那种反璞归真的状态”。
26. Shirtwaist ( woman's dress that buttons down the front to the waist)
    衬衫式连衣裙（胸部有扣至腰部的）。
27. This dress buttons down the front, but that one down the back.
    这件衣服的钮扣是扣在前面的，但那一件是扣后面。
28. Don't let your denim dress you down: Had this girl traded her ratty skirt and fuchsia leggings for a crisp pair of cropped jeans, she'd be rocking a chic stripes-and-jeans combo.
    别让牛仔裙把你穿掉价：如果这姑娘能将她破破烂烂的裙子和紫红色的裤子换成一条活泼的九分牛仔裤，将变成别致的条纹与牛仔混搭。
29. Nancy's work is a mess, you know. I'm afraid he'll dress her down.
    你知道，南希工作干得一团糟，恐怕老板要训斥她了。

verb

1. dress informally and casually
   1. On Fridays, employees can underdress

   Synonym:    underdress

2. censure severely or angrily
   1. The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
   2. The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
   3. The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

   Synonym:    call on the carpettake to taskrebukeragtrouncereprooflecturereprimandjawcall downscoldchideberatebawl outremonstratechew outchew uphave wordslambastelambast