talk down

1. PHRASAL VERB (紧急情况下)引导(飞行员)安全降落
   To talk down someone who is flying an aircraft in an emergency means to give them instructions so that they can land safely.
   1. The pilot began to talk him down by giving instructions over the radio.
      引航员开始通过无线电发出指令引导他安全着陆。
2. PHRASAL VERB 贬低;贬损
   If someone talks down a particular thing, they make it less interesting, valuable, or likely than it originally seemed.
   1. They even blame the government for talking down the nation's fourth biggest industry...
      他们甚至指责政府贬低该国的第四大产业。
   2. Businessmen are tired of politicians talking the economy down.
      商人厌烦政客们贬低经济的重要性。
3. PHRASAL VERB 说服(或劝服)…降低要价
   To talk someone down in negotiations means to persuade them to accept less money than they originally asked for.
   1. We talked them down and struck a deal...
      我们说服他们降了价，成交了。
   2. When he makes you an offer, you send me in and I'll talk him down another thousand...
      他向你报完价后，你让我进去，我再给他砍掉1, 000。
   3. This leaves the Prime Minister, like his predecessors, earnestly trying to talk down wages.
      这就使得首相和他的前任们一样，急于削减工资。

1. The pilot began to talk him down by giving instructions over the radio.
   引航员开始通过无线电发出指令引导他安全着陆。
2. They even blame the government for talking down the nation's fourth biggest industry
   他们甚至指责政府贬低该国的第四大产业。
3. Businessmen are tired of politicians talking the economy down.
   商人厌烦政客们贬低经济的重要性。
4. We talked them down and struck a deal
   我们说服他们降了价，成交了。
5. When he makes you an offer, you send me in and I'll talk him down another thousand
   他向你报完价后，你让我进去，我再给他砍掉1，000。
6. This leaves the Prime Minister, like his predecessors, earnestly trying to talk down wages.
   这就使得首相和他的前任们一样，急于削减工资。
7. I also dislike people who try to talk down to my understanding. They are like people who when walking with you try to shorten their steps to suit yours; the hypocrisy in both cases is equally exasperating.
   我也不喜欢那些对我的理解力品头论足的人，他们在和你一起走路时，总是试图缩短他们自己的步幅，只为了迎合你行走的速度。
8. You've got to talk them down. She certainly had me in that argument.
   你非去驳倒他们不可。她在辩论中确实把我驳倒了。
9. Akibo: I bet I can talk him down.
   阿奇伯：我赌能让他招架不住。
10. Are you trying to talk me down?
    你想说服我放弃？
11. I'm not a child any more. Don't talk down to me.
    我不再是孩子了，别用这种态度跟我说话。
12. You shouldn't talk down your own achievements.
    你不应该小瞧了自己的成就。
13. How dare you talk down to me like this?
    你竟敢用这样高高在上的口气对我讲话？
14. The sequence where Hughes meets her family and they talk down to him is nervy.
    其中一幕讲述晓治与她的家人见面，他们自以为是地跟晓活说话，厚颜无耻。
15. Such an eloquent man will easily talk us down.
    这样一个有口才的人很容易把我们驳得无话说。
16. How'd you talk him down?
    你们怎么把他弄下来的？
17. Whatever she says, try to talk her down.
    不管她说，试图说服她了。
18. Nonetheless, it reflects a strong tendency in American academia to talk down the rise of China and to stress the enduring strengths of the US system.
    不过，它反映出美国学术界的一个明显倾向，即他们往往喜欢贬低中国的增长，强调美国体制的长期优势。
19. The peace talk broke down without any agreement being reached.
    和平谈判破局了，没有达成任何协议。
20. One after another their ideas were talk down.
    一个接着一个的意见被说服（否决）。
21. They talk down to us, as I'm sure the Teir'Dal do in Freeport about their half-elves.
    而且我肯定自由港的泰尔达们对那些半精灵也一样！
22. The best way to regulate such liquidity flows, she says, is not to talk down the market or try to cool demand by introducing a capital gains tax, but to raise interest rates so that the return on bank deposits becomes more attractive.
    她认为，对这些资金流进行监管的最佳办法，不是唱衰市场，也不是通过资本利得税来遏制需求，而应该提高利率，这样，银行存款的回报率才会变得更加诱人。
23. If, instead, the trigger is activated when equity prices are low, the manager could deliberately talk down the bank's value to activate the trigger and obtain equity on the cheap.
    如果触发条件被设为股价达到某一低位，那么管理者可能会蓄意贬低银行的价值，从而激活触发条件，廉价获取股权。
24. However, it is not clear whether the measures are an effort to talk down potential price rises or a more serious effort to force producers and retailers to forestall increases in line with government demands.
    不过，这些举措是试图唱衰潜在的价格上涨，还是一种更为认真的努力，以迫使生产商和零售商根据政府要求避免提价，目前尚不清楚。
25. Don't talk over their heads or talk down to them.
    不要仰面而言或是埋头而读。
26. All his talk boiled down to the fact that he did not want to go.
    他所说的全是想加重他不去的事实。
27. Adults often talk down to children.
    大人们常用居高临下的口吻对孩子们讲话。
28. Try not to talk down to your employees.
    尽量不要用居高临下的口气对雇员说话。
29. I need somebody to talk me down off the ledge.
    我需要有人在边上帮我。
30. Don't talk down to me, chloe.
    别对我用这种口气说话，克洛伊。

verb

1. direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
   1. the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill

2. belittle through talk

3. speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
   1. He talks down to her