pin down

英 [pɪn daʊn]

美 [pɪn daʊn]

确定; 证实; 迫使…作出决定（或明确表态）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 确定；证实
  If you try topinsomethingdown, you try to discover exactly what, where, or when it is.
  1. It has taken until now to pin down its exact location...
     直到现在才确定了它的准确位置。
  2. I can only pin it down to between 1936 and 1942...
     我只能确定是在1936至1942年期间。
  3. If we cannot pin down exactly what we are supposed to be managing, how can we manage it?
     如果我们都不能确切地知道自己该管理什么，那又怎么去管理呢？
• PHRASAL VERB 迫使…作出决定（或明确表态）
  If youpinsomeonedown, you force them to make a decision or to tell you what their decision is, when they have been trying to avoid doing this.
  1. She couldn't pin him down to a date...
     她没有办法强迫他答应约会。
  2. ...their repeated efforts to pin him down on a number of topics...
     他们迫使他对一系列问题明确表态的再三努力
  3. If you pin people down, they will tell you some puzzling things about stress.
     如果非让他们说的话，人们会告诉你一些有关压力的令人费解的事情。

英英释义

verb

• define clearly
  1. I cannot narrow down the rules for this game
  Synonym:peg downnail downnarrow downnarrowspecify
• attach with or as if with a pin
  1. pin up a picture
  Synonym:pin up
• place in a confining or embarrassing position
  1. He was trapped in a difficult situation
  Synonym:trap

双语例句

• It is hard to pin down what has been causing honeybees to vanish.
  很难确定是什么原因使蜜蜂突然消失。
• The Boy had to pin down the dog to wash him.
  这男孩必须扣牢这只狗帮它洗澡。
• Other causes are harder to pin down.
  其它原因就很难下定论了。
• If you pin people down, they will tell you some puzzling things about stress.
  如果非让他们说的话，人们会告诉你一些有关压力的令人费解的事情。
• Officials are trying to pin down the cause of widespread power cuts.
  官员们正在设法确定大面积停电的原因。
• 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。
• If we cannot pin down exactly what we are supposed to be managing, how can we manage it?
  如果我们都不能确切地知道自己该管理什么，那又怎么去管理呢？
• But it took up to now to witness the process in action and pin down the mechanism.
  但直到今天才能亲眼目击这一过程并阐明它的机制。
• I know there's something wrong but it's hard to pin down.
  我知道有点不对头，可是很难证实。
• He's really difficult to pin down& you'll have to be persistent.
  让他明确表态很难&你必须坚持。