pin down

释义

1. 1

   pin sb down

   按住；使动弹不得

   to make sb unable to move by holding them firmly

   Two men pinned him down until the police arrived.两个人按住他直到警察赶来。

2. 2

   pin sb down

   找某人查问；使说清楚

   to find sb and make them answer a question or tell you sth you need to know

   I need the up - to - date sales figures but I can never pin him down at the office.我需要最新的销售数字，可就是不能在办公室找到他问清楚。

3. 3

   pin sb down (to sth / doing sth)

   使决定；使说明意向

   to make sb make a decision or say clearly what they think or what they intend to do

   It's difficult to pin her down to fixing a date for a meeting.让她确定个开会日期实在是难。

4. 4

   pin sth down

   确切说明（或理解）

   to explain or understand sth exactly

   The cause of the disease is difficult to pin down precisely.病因目前还难以解释清楚。

电影里这样说 · 17 部

• You're, like, impossible to pin down.Madame Web2024
• And if you could try and pin down where you were...American Psycho2000
• We cannot get pinned down.Wrath of Man2021
• Instead, the animal would have first used its great weight to pin down its victim.David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive2014
• You're pinned down to routines.The Secret Life of Walter Mitty2013
• What s happening The Sangs got us pinned downThe Expendables 22012
• I wasn't actually pinned down and, of course, I could breathe.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
• I was pinned down, I could not breathe.The Last Duel2021

在完整场景里学

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  • 更衣室里介绍新人：walk on water（无所不能）
  • 第一天跑运钞线：X marks the spot（记号就在这里）
• 白日梦想家2013
  • 打客服电话时走神：zone out（走神）
  • 生日撞上公司被收购：play out（一步步收场）
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• 初步举证2022
  • 装傻让证人说漏嘴：play it cool（把激动按住）
  • 律师诱证人入套：blood in the water（破绽已露）
  • 回家报赢挨追问：What's new?（有什么新鲜的）

同一词条的短语

• for two pins
• you could hear a pin drop
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