词汇 | pin down |
释义 | pin down [phrasal verb] 1 pin (someone) down : to cause or force (someone) to make a definite statement or decision about something使做出决定;使说清楚 Reporters tried to pin him down on the specific changes he wants to make to the tax laws.记者们竭力要他说明他想对税法做出的具体改变。 He talked in a general way, but they couldn't pin him down to specifics.他笼统地谈了一下,但他们却没法使他说出具体细节。 2 pin down (something) or pin (something) down : to find out (something) with certainty确切查明 Can you pin down when the change occurred?你能确定何时发生了变化吗? I'm trying to pin down [=identify] the source of the problem.我正试图查明问题的根源。 pin |
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