| 词汇 | pin-down |
| 释义 | pin someone downphrasal verb with pinverbuk /pɪn/ us /pɪn/-nn- (SURROUND)to stop someone from escaping by surrounding and shooting at them if they try to escape: 使（某人）动弹不得;困住（某人） [ often passive ]Government forces were pinned down by resistance fighters 30 miles north of the capital.政府军被抵抗组织战士钳制在首都以北30英里处。 Enclosing, surrounding and immersing beleaguer beleaguered beset border box someone/something in dunk enclosure fence something in fence something off flooding gather gift wrap gift-wrapped siege soak steep steep something/someone in something submersion swaddle swamp You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Capturing or taking possession of things (GET DETAILS)to make someone provide details about something or make a decision about something: （使）（某人）明确说明;（使）（某人）作出决定 pin someone down to somethingI've tried asking Stephanie, but she's proving difficult to pin down to a particular date.我已经问过斯蒂芬妮了，可她很难确定具体日期。 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 outpoll 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 pin something downphrasal verb with pinverbuk /pɪn/ us /pɪn/-nn- to discover exact details about something: 清楚地知道；确认 We can't pin down where the leak came from.我们无法确定哪里发生了泄漏。 Finding and discovering ascertain break (fresh/new) groundidiom breakthrough bring something to lightidiom catch someone red-handedidiom flush someone/something out fossick found geocache geocaching homing pinpoint plumb red-handed rediscover rediscovery refind refound sniff suss pin someone down | American Dictionarypin someone downphrasal verb with pinverbus/pɪn/-nn- (QUESTION)to force someone to be specific or make his or her intentions known, esp. by asking a lot of questions: I tried to pin him down on where the money would come from. pin down somethingphrasal verb with pinverbus/pɪn/-nn- (DISCOVER)to discover the exact details about something: The fire department is trying to pin down the cause of Wednesday’s fire. pin down someonephrasal verb with pinverbus/pɪn/-nn- (LIMIT)to limit someone's ability to move or act, esp. by using force: Soldiers were pinned down by enemy fire. |
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