pin down

英 [pɪn daʊn]

美 [pɪn daʊn]

确定; 证实; 迫使…作出决定（或明确表态）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 确定；证实
  If you try topinsomethingdown, you try to discover exactly what, where, or when it is.
  1. It has taken until now to pin down its exact location...
     直到现在才确定了它的准确位置。
  2. I can only pin it down to between 1936 and 1942...
     我只能确定是在1936至1942年期间。
  3. If we cannot pin down exactly what we are supposed to be managing, how can we manage it?
     如果我们都不能确切地知道自己该管理什么，那又怎么去管理呢？
• PHRASAL VERB 迫使…作出决定（或明确表态）
  If youpinsomeonedown, you force them to make a decision or to tell you what their decision is, when they have been trying to avoid doing this.
  1. She couldn't pin him down to a date...
     她没有办法强迫他答应约会。
  2. ...their repeated efforts to pin him down on a number of topics...
     他们迫使他对一系列问题明确表态的再三努力
  3. If you pin people down, they will tell you some puzzling things about stress.
     如果非让他们说的话，人们会告诉你一些有关压力的令人费解的事情。

英英释义

verb

• define clearly
  1. I cannot narrow down the rules for this game
  Synonym:peg downnail downnarrow downnarrowspecify
• attach with or as if with a pin
  1. pin up a picture
  Synonym:pin up
• place in a confining or embarrassing position
  1. He was trapped in a difficult situation
  Synonym:trap

双语例句

• It is easier to pin down fraud at the bottom of this chain that at the top.
  揭露这个链条底部的欺诈行为，要比针对链条顶部更容易。
• The conclusions come from Swiss and Australian researchers who analysed previous studies from around the world to pin down the role of grandparents.
  这一结论出自于瑞士和澳大利亚的研究人员，他们分析了此前世界各地的相关研究，以确定祖父母的作用。
• But we have got now to pin down specific plans and specific implications for jobs.
  但是我们现在必须确定详细计划并预计其对工作岗位产生的具体影响。
• I can only pin it down to between 1936 and 1942
  我只能确定是在1936至1942年期间。
• She couldn't pin him down to a date
  她没有办法强迫他答应约会。
• Damn! That was terrible. I only knocked the 10 pin down.
  该死！真糟糕，我只击倒了10号瓶子。
• It is hard to pin down what has been causing honeybees to vanish.
  很难确定是什么原因使蜜蜂突然消失。
• But it took up to now to witness the process in action and pin down the mechanism.
  但直到今天才能亲眼目击这一过程并阐明它的机制。
• If you could try and pin down where you were.
  如果我能确定你到底在哪儿。
• Officials are trying to pin down the cause of widespread power cuts.
  官员们正在设法确定大面积停电的原因。