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.- 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。 - I can only pin it down to between 1936 and 1942...
我只能确定是在1936至1942年期间。 - 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?
- It has taken until now to pin down its exact location...
- 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.- She couldn't pin him down to a date...
她没有办法强迫他答应约会。 - ...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 - 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。
- She couldn't pin him down to a date...
英英释义
verb
- define clearly
- I cannot narrow down the rules for this game
- attach with or as if with a pin
- pin up a picture
- place in a confining or embarrassing position
- He was trapped in a difficult situation
双语例句
- To pin down the size of an orbital, we take a contour surface.
为束缚住轨道的大小,我们取一等值面。 - 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。 - I can only pin it down to between 1936 and 1942
我只能确定是在1936至1942年期间。 - 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。 - We should use our secondary forces to pin down several enemy columns.
我们应该用助攻部队来牵制住敌人的几个纵队。 - I know there's something wrong but it's hard to pin down.
我知道有点不对头,可是很难证实。 - 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。 - But however hard you try, you'll struggle to pin down the identity of this beauty.
不过不管再怎么想破脑袋,你肯定也还是无法确定这位美人的身份。 - 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。 - The question simply has too many possible answers. I can't seem to pin down exactly.
这个问题有太多可能的答案。我很难作出确定的结论。