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、negotiate

談判;協商;洽談

It is not clear whether the president is willing to negotiate with the democrats.

還不清楚總統是否愿意和民主人士洽談。

When you have two adversaries negotiating, you need to be on neutral territory.

讓敵對雙方坐下來談判時，你得保持中立。

順利通過;成功越過

Frank Mariano negotiates the desert terrain in his battered pickup.

弗蘭克·馬里亞諾駕駛他那輛破爛不堪的皮卡車成功穿越了沙漠地帶。

I negotiated the corner on my motorbike and pulled to a stop.

我騎摩托車順利通過拐角，然后停了下來。