1、turn down

拒絕(某人或其請求、提議等)

Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down.

在這之前，我本該笑著拒絕她。

I thanked him for the offer but turned it down

我謝絕了他的提議。

動詞關小;調低

He kept turning the central heating down.

他不斷調低中央暖氣的溫度。

She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.

她受不了沒完沒了的音樂，就把音量調小了。

（比率）減少;（水平）降低

The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s.

20 世紀 50 年代離婚率下降了。

2、independence

(國家的)獨立,自主

In 1816, Argentina declared its independence from Spain.

1816年,阿根廷宣布脫離西班牙正式獨立。

the country's first elections since independence in 1962.

該國自 1962 年獨立以來的首次選舉

(人的)獨立,自立

He was afraid of losing his independence.

他害怕失去自己的獨立性。

a woman's independence, capability, and power.

一個女人的獨立、能力與權力