drag down

英 [dræɡ daʊn]

美 [dræɡ daʊn]

降低…的身份（或社会地位）; 使堕落; 使虚弱; 使沮丧

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 降低…的身份（或社会地位）；使堕落
  Todragsomeonedownmeans to reduce them to an inferior social status or to lower standards of behaviour.
  1. She dragged him down with her...
     她把他拉下了水。
  2. There were fears he would be dragged down by the scandal.
     有人担心他会因丑闻而辱没了身份。
• PHRASAL VERB 使虚弱;使沮丧
  Something thatdragsyoudownmakes you feel weak or depressed.
  1. I have had really bad bouts of flu that have really dragged me down.
     我患上了重度流感，快被拖垮了。

英英释义

verb

• exert a force with a heavy weight
  1. The snow bore down on the roof
  Synonym:bear downbear down onpress down onweigh down

双语例句

• I try to bear in mind that it isn't usually the little purchases that drag down a household budget. Far more important is how big a house you buy, how expensive a car you drive, where you send your kids to school.
  我努力让自己记住，拖累家庭财务的，不是那些零碎的花费，比这些花费更为重要的是你买多大的房子，开多贵的车，还有把孩子送到哪间学校上学。
• Bosses are quick to catch on to naysayers who drag down morale, and they know that there are always enthusiastic replacements waiting just around the corner.
  老板们会迅速揪出那个总是唱反调的、降低士气的那个人，他们知道随时都能找到充满工作热情的人来替代你。
• To this end, the major shareholder of "tunneling" issue related to the long-term stability of the capital market, will drag down the healthy development of the economy as a whole.
  为此，大股东掏空问题关系到资本市场的长治久安，久拖不决必将拖累整个经济的健康发展。
• They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
  他们会把你拉低到和他们同等的水平，再用经验击败你。
• The clear orchid continues to lower the head, heart course, you drag down, menace who?
  明兰继续低着头，心道，您拉倒吧，唬谁呢？
• They are too many, and willy-nilly they'll drag down the would-be equestrian before ever he gets astride.
  奴隶太多，无论他们愿不愿意，不等你那人跨上马背，已经被他们拉了下来。
• Stimulus action would help to ease international concerns that a Chinese slowdown will drag down further a global economy beset by the eurozone crisis and a lukewarm US recovery.
  中国若出台刺激行动，将有助于缓解国际间的担忧，即中国经济放缓将进一步拖累全球经济。目前全球经济深受欧元区危机和美国复苏乏力困扰。
• There were fears he would be dragged down by the scandal.
  有人担心他会因丑闻而辱没了身份。
• This time it isn't royals imposing rules to tamp down the bourgeoisie, but the middle class creating rules to drag down the wealthy.
  这次，不是皇室颁布法令压制布尔乔亚们，而是中产阶级制定规则压制富人。
• Germany's defeat was bound to drag down Japan.
  德国的溃败势必要拖垮日本。