| 词汇 | nail-down |
| 释义 | nail someone downphrasal verb with nailverbuk /neɪl/ us /neɪl/ informal to make someone give you exact details or a firm decision about something: 使（某人）准确说出细节;迫使（某人）作出决定 nail someone down to somethingThey nailed him down to a specific time and place.他们迫使他确定了时间和地点。 Questioning people & asking questions in general ask after someone ask questions of someone/somethingidiom be someone's for the askingidiom beat something out of someone bombard consultative Gallup poll inquisition pin someone down ply someone with something poll pry put someone through the millidiom put someone through the wringeridiom put someone to somethingidiom rhetorical question roll shoot survey trick question nail something downphrasal verb with nailverbuk /neɪl/ us /neɪl/ (DECISION)informal If you nail down an arrangement or decision, you decide and agree to the details of it: 敲定（协议）;最终确定（或决定） After a five-hour meeting, we finally nailed down a deal.开了5个小时的会后，我们最终达成了一项协议。 Decisions and deciding ascription be make or break for someone/somethingidiom be on the horns of a dilemmaidiom choose clinch conclusion finalize fish or cut baitidiom flip flip a coinidiom get something into your headidiom judge resolution sleep split decision swing swing the balanceidiom take it into your head to do somethingidiom take the plungeidiom tightrope (UNDERSTAND)USinformal to understand something completely, or to describe something correctly: 完全理解;正确描述 We haven't been able to nail down the cause of the fire yet.我们仍未弄清火灾的起因。 Understanding and comprehending appreciation for something apprehend apprehensible apprehension astutely bear dot handle keenness keep someone up know a hawk from a handsawidiom know the scoreidiom know/see where someone is coming fromidiom speak to get a handle on somethingidiom to have a handle on somethingidiom tumble to something tune in uncomprehending understanding You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Defining & explaining nail something down | American Dictionarynail something downphrasal verb with nailverb[ T ]us/neɪl/ to make something certain or final: He's traveling all over the state to nail down support for his senate campaign. nail sth down | Business Englishnail sth downphrasal verb with nailverb[ T ] informaluk /neɪl/us to agree the details of a decision, an agreement, etc. so that something can happen: The decision of who would be appointed Chief Executive was made months before the other terms of the merger were nailed down. The government hopes to nail down a deal with China by year's end. nail sb downphrasal verb with nailverb[ T ] informaluk /neɪl/us to make someone give you exact details or a firm decision about something: nail sb down on sthWe've been trying to nail them down on the specific points of the agreement for the past six months. nail sb down to sthThings are getting urgent so we need to nail them down to a delivery date. |
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