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dress down


phrasal verb with dressverbuk /dres/ us /dres/
to wear informal clothes in a situation where people often wear more formal clothes: 穿着低调,穿着随意
She always tried to dress down on her first date with a man.和男士第一次约会时她总是刻意穿得很低调。
On casual Friday, office workers were allowed to dress down at the end of the working week.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Putting clothes on
arrayed
bundle
bundle (someone) up
doll
doll yourself up
dolled up
dress
fling
get up
glam
glam (yourself) up
make yourself respectableidiom
mask
redon
respectable
rig
rig someone out
slip
slip into something
throw

dress someone down


phrasal verb with dressverbuk /dres/ us /dres/
old-fashioned
to speak angrily to someone because they have done something wrong: 责备,斥责(某人)
His boss dressed him down for showing up late.
She dresses down anyone who won't join in.
Related word
dressing-down
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Chastising & rebuking
admonishing
admonishingly
admonitory
barracking
bawl
carpet
earbashing
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
punchbag
punching bag
put someone in their placeidiom
rap someone over the knucklesidiom
read (someone) the riot actidiom
reproachful
shame
spoken
tear
wigging

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Talking angrily

dress something down


phrasal verb with dressverbuk /dres/ us /dres/
to make an item of clothing less formal, or to wear an item of clothing in a way that makes it less formal:
An open-neck shirt can dress down a suit.
This dress is easy to wear and very feminine. You can dress it down with a cardigan for the day and dress it up with jewellery for the evening.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Style & appearance of clothes
aesthetic
alterable
anti-fur
Aran
backless
flouncy
foppishly
form-fitting
French tuck
frilly
reversible
ribbed
ribby
ruche
ruched
voluminously
voop neck
waisted
washable
wasp waist
dress-down
adjective
(alsodressdown, dress down)uk /ˌdresˈdaʊn/ us /ˌdresˈdaʊn/
A dress-down policy or day is one in which employees are allowed to wear informal clothes at work: 上班时身着便服的
dress-down day Because of the heat we've declared a dress-down day.由于天气炎热,我们宣布了一个便服上班日。
dress-down Friday On a recent dress-down Friday at his office, he decided to wear his new trainers.
dress-down policyThe new headquarters has a permanent dress-down policy.
We're not exactly dress-down, but we are more relaxed than many financial institutions.
Related word
dress down
Some were uneasy over the dress-down culture introduced by the new management.
His style is dress-down, but he keeps a tie in the office for when he has to meet clients.
It's dress-down Thursday, and everyone is in jeans.
He looks out from under his baseball cap (it's dressdown Friday).
To encourage more customer-friendliness, why not suggest a dress-down approach to staff uniforms?
He loved his elegant suits and was reluctant to go casual when his company went dress-down.
Our office has always been a dress down place.
dress-down
noun[ U ]
(alsodressdown, dress down)uk /ˌdresˈdaʊn/ us /ˌdresˈdaʊn/
a policy of allowing employees to wear informal clothes at work: 便服上班政策
People feel more comfortable with dress-down, but we still wear suits for meetings with clients.穿便装会觉得更舒服些,但我们仍然穿着正装去见客户。
The bank declared an end to "dressdown" and instructed traders to smarten up.
The US was the birthplace of dress-down.
Some feel we have reached the limits of dress down.

dress down | Business English


dress down


phrasal verb with dressverbuk /dres/us
WORKPLACE
to wear more informal clothes to work than you usually do:
Staff have been told that they can dress down on Fridays.
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