turn down

verb

1. make lower or quieter

e.g. turn down the volume of a radio

Synonym: lowerlour

2. take a downward direction

e.g. The economy finally turned down after a long boom

3. reject with contempt

e.g. She spurned his advances

Synonym: rejectspurnfreeze offscornpooh-poohdisdain

4. refuse to accept

e.g. He refused my offer of hospitality

Synonym: refuserejectpass updecline

5. refuse entrance or membership

e.g. They turned away hundreds of fans
Black people were often rejected by country clubs

Synonym: rejectturn awayrefuse

1. 拒绝(某人或其请求、提议等)
If you turn down a person or their request or offer, you refuse their request or offer.

turn down什么意思

e.g. Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down...
在这之前，我本该笑着拒绝她。
e.g. I thanked him for the offer but turned it down…
我谢绝了他的提议。

2. 关小;调低
When you turn down a radio, heater, or other piece of equipment, you reduce the amount of sound or heat being produced, by adjusting the controls.

turn down的意思

e.g. He kept turning the central heating down...
他不断调低中央暖气的温度。
e.g. She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.
她受不了没完没了的音乐，就把音量调小了。

3. （比率）减少;（水平）降低
If the rate or level of something turns down, it decreases.

e.g. The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s.
20 世纪 50 年代离婚率下降了。

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1. 拒绝：(而之前大人的试验就算给钱也不去),那么在原文中定位还在倒数第二段倒数第二句话,转折词开头:但是谁又能拒绝(turn down)一个天真的四年级小孩呢?愿意是什么:后面划出因果关系词because:因为我是个小孩. 则答案即强调小孩,

2. 调低：20 B 常识运用逻辑推理词义比较前后照应 Amy在点头欢迎作者并向作者谈话之后,极有礼貌地调低(turn down)音乐的音量,以便聚精会神地打量作者的父亲. 根据空白后并列的谓语looked over at Dad可作出正确判断. turned down调低,关小;

3. 调小(音量)：造成污染的原因:农药、杀虫剂使用的残余(residue)及颗粒(particle)对人类的危害规律:室内:调小音量(turn down) 宿舍隔音(sound proof) 意识到噪音没有(didn't realize)

4. 关小,调低;拒绝：turn away 走开;把脸转过去 | turn down 关小,调低;拒绝 | turn in 转身进入;拐入;交出