pin down
确定, 下结论, 用针固定住, 压住
例句与用法：
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。
She's a difficult person to pin down.
她这人行事、说话没个准儿。
词形变化：
动词过去式: pinned |
动词过去分词: pinned |
动词现在分词: pinning |
动词第三人称单数: pins |
1. 用针钉住
Will you pin the paper down so it won't be blown away?
请你用针把纸钉住, 不让它吹走好吗?
2. 确定
You must pin down every quotation to its author.
你一定要确定每一条引文的作者是谁。
3. 使受约束
We should pin him down to his promise.
我们应约束他遵守诺言。
pin downpin down1.■把…固定住; 使动弹不得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。The map is pinned down to the table.那张地图被钉在桌子上。We were pinned down by the enemy fire.我们被敌人的炮火压住了。2.■迫使作出决定, 采取行动We did try to pin him down on his plans for the swimming pool, but he remained evasive.我们确实想要他对他所拟订的游泳池计划表明态度, 但他总是闪烁其词。
pin down1.■使(某人)把话讲明白；使(某人)表明态度(或意图)；迫使(某人)履行(某种诺言)：We shall have to pin him down to his promise.我们将只好迫使他履行诺言。2.■用摁钉别住，按住：The map is pinned down on the wall.那张地图被钉在墙上。3.■使受约束；使固定不动：The man was pinned down by a fallen tree.那人被一棵倒下的树压住了。4.■确实证明(事实、情节等)；清清楚楚或毫不含糊地说明；准确说明；解释明白[常用于否定句]：I seem to recognize the quotation, but I cannot pin it down to its author.这句引文我仿佛见过，但我不能确定它的作者是谁。
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