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 was difficult to pin down exactly what it was in her that pleased him so much.
  很难确切说清她身上有什么东西使他这样动心。
• 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。
• Other causes are harder to pin down.
  其它原因就很难下定论了。
• 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 task of their regiment was to pin down one of the flanks of the invading army.
  他们团的任务是牵制侵略军的侧翼。
• The one hope Pluto fans had for revenge was that it was very tough to pin down Eris'size exactly.
  冥王星的粉丝曾有一复仇的希望，那就是要准确确定厄里斯星的大小是很难的。
• It was difficult for me to pin down the subject.
  对我来说，要弄清楚这个问题很困难。
• 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。
• She couldn't pin him down to a date
  她没有办法强迫他答应约会。
• If you could try and pin down where you were.
  如果我能确定你到底在哪儿。