1、respect

尊敬;敬重;尊重

I want him to respect me as a career woman.

我希望他把我當(dāng)作一個(gè)職業(yè)女性來尊重。

He needs the advice of people he respects, and he respects you.

他需要從他敬重的人那里獲得建議，而他一向都很敬重你。

恕我直言，恕我冒昧(用于禮貌地表示不同意見或批評(píng))

With respect, Minister, you still haven't answered my question.

部長(zhǎng)，恕我冒昧，您還沒有回答我的問題。

With respect, I hardly think that's the point.

恕我直言，但我認(rèn)為這不是重點(diǎn)。

探望，拜訪（以示敬意）

Carl had asked him to visit the hospital and to pay his respects to Francis.

卡爾已經(jīng)讓他去醫(yī)院看望弗朗西斯。

2、turn down

拒絕(某人或其請(qǐng)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(guān)小;調(diào)低

He kept turning the central heating down.

他不斷調(diào)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(diào)小了。

（比率）減少;（水平）降低

The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s.

20 世紀(jì) 50 年代離婚率下降了。