本期節(jié)目的topic:拒絕
turn down someone/something。 Turn down 有‘拒絕’的意思;拒絕某人或某事。
I turn down the offer.
我拒絕了那個提議。
He warned her that no good could come of it for either Harriet or herself, and he was particularly
upset when he learned that Emma had influenced Harriet to turn down Robert Martin's proposal of marriage.
他告誡愛瑪這種關(guān)系無論是對哈里特還是對她自己都沒有好處。奈特利先生得知哈里特在愛瑪慫恿之下拒絕了羅伯特·馬丁的求婚時, 就更加感到憂慮。
另外,如果想表示強調(diào),可以在后面加上flat,flat在此用作副詞,意思是‘絕對地、斷然地’,用來加重語氣 合在一起就是 斷然拒絕!
When he asked us to pay cash, we turned him down flat.
當(dāng)他要我們付現(xiàn)金時,我們就直截了當(dāng)?shù)鼐芙^。
好了,turn down someone/something flat,斷然拒絕某人或某物
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