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。
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、control
(對機構、地方、體系等的)控制權,支配權
The restructuring involves Mr Ronson giving up control of the company.
這次改組涉及龍森先生放棄對公司的控制權。
The first aim of his government would be to establish control over the republic's territory.
他這屆政府的首要目標是確立對共和國領土的控制權。
控制(能力);支配(能力)
He lost control of his car.
他的汽車失控了。
Some teachers have more control over pupils than their parents have.
有的老師比小學生的父母更能管得住他們。
控制;掌管;管理;統治
He now controls the largest retail development empire in southern California.
他現在掌管著加州南部最大的零售發展企業。
Almost all of the countries in Latin America were controlled by dictators.
當時幾乎所有的拉丁美洲國家都由獨裁者統治。