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英 [neɪl daʊn]

美 [neɪl daʊn]

弄清; 确定; 确定（协议）

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 弄清;确定
  If younail downsomething unknown or uncertain, you find out exactly what it is.
  1. It would be useful if you could nail down the source of this tension.
     如果你能弄清这种紧张的根源，将会大有益处。
• PHRASAL VERB 确定(协议)
  If younail downan agreement, you manage to reach a firm agreement with a definite result.
  1. The Secretary of State and his Russian counterpart met to try to nail down the elusive accord.
     美国国务卿和俄罗斯外交部长进行了会晤，试图敲定这项难以达成的协议。
• PHRASAL VERB 钉牢;钉住
  If younailsomethingdown, you fix it firmly onto something.
  1. Lay strips of 4mm ply over the mesh and nail these down with panel pins.
     把4毫米厚的胶合板条铺在网子上，然后用镶板钉钉牢。

英英释义

verb

• make final
  1. let's finalize the proposal
  Synonym:finalizefinalisesettle
• define clearly
  1. I cannot narrow down the rules for this game
  Synonym:pin downpeg downnarrow downnarrowspecify
• succeed in obtaining a position
  1. He nailed down a spot at Harvard
  Synonym:nailpeg

双语例句

• One is that the mainstream media are inexorably being dragged toward the Twitter, or news agency, model of constantly publishing and updating information, and away from the traditional approach of waiting for a while to nail down what is clearly true.
  一是主流媒体被无情地拉向Twitter或连续发布和更新信息的典范&新闻通讯社，而告别等待一段时间以确认事实的传统方式。
• It take the negotiator ten hour to nail down a deal
  参加协商的人花了十个小时才敲定一桩生意
• With government support set to play a crucial part in a deal, the participants are eager to nail down details before the election outcome potentially blurs authority between the Bush administration and its successor.
  由于政府支持将在这桩交易中起到至关重要的作用，交易各方迫切希望在大选前厘定细节，因为选举结果可能导致布什政府和新政府之间的权限变得模糊。
• But while Owen was top scorer on a regular basis for Liverpool in the Premier League, he struggled to nail down a starting place at the Bernabeu.
  在英超中，欧文是利物浦联赛中的顶级射手，但在伯纳乌他却为主力位置而苦苦奋斗。
• But I will just nail down and do my best to win a place in the team for the next game.
  但是在下一场比赛，我铁定做到最好以赢得首发位置。
• Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?
  为什么非要用钉子把棺材的盖子钉住？
• What we hope to achieve in today's meeting is to nail down the programming content.
  希望在今天的会上我们能把节目内容确定下来。
• Similarly, by partnering with PetroChina, shell can nail down a customer nation determined to wean itself off coal.
  同样，通过与中石油携手收购，壳牌就可敲定一个决心摆脱对煤炭依赖的客户国。
• The Secretary of State and his Russian counterpart met to try to nail down the elusive accord.
  美国国务卿和俄罗斯外交部长进行了会晤，试图敲定这项难以达成的协议。
• The public benefits of commodity packaging is that the design of packaging should propose reasonable social ethic and order, promulgate civilization, nail down the tendency of social morality, and have the idea of serving the public.
  摘要商品包装的公益性是指包装设计应倡导合理的社会伦理秩序，传播文明精神，明确社会道德价值趋向，具有为社会公众服务的公益观念。