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

• Nobody yet knows how long and how seriously the shakiness in the financial system will drag down the economy.
  金融制度的不稳定会在多长时间以及多大程度上使经济下滑，目前还没有人清楚。
• In turn, such low rates also drag down bond yields at longer maturities.
  反过来，如此低利率也会拉低长期债券的收益率。
• 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。
• A slump could drag down other sectors like steel production.
  经济萧条可能影响相关产业部门，如钢铁生产。
• 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。
• Unless Europe, Japan, and the United States can also face up to responsibilities they will drag down not only themselves but the global economy.
  除非欧洲、日本和美国能够承担起这些责任，否则不仅它们自己会陷入困境，而且也会拖全球经济的后腿。
• 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。
• 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。
• A double-dip recession for the global economy would drag down Germany's exports again.
  有以下原因。全球经济双底型衰退再次拖累德国出口。
• 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。