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词汇 turndown
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Definition of turndown in English:

turndown

nounˈtəːndaʊnˈtərnˌdaʊn
  • 1A rejection or refusal.

    拒绝

    no idea should meet a flat turndown if there's a chance of a pay-off
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Eddy readied herself for the turndown, but none came.
    • There have been no turndowns, to my knowledge, by anybody.
    • It was not exactly a turndown, but they wanted to refer me to a couple of other programs that I was not willing to go into.
    • I'm much more aware of how turndowns come with the package.
    • Don't think you have to offer an explanation for every turndown, either.
    • No company in history that I'm aware of has ever faced that quick a turndown.
    • That turndown has been now upheld by the Supreme Court.
    • They were too obsessed with the turndown in business and the threat of more violence.
    • A major request to one foundation resulted in a rather curt turndown.
    • A look of dejection passed through her eyes as she looked away, trying not to feel hurt by his turndown.
    • When the front-door approach of showing his work to gallery owners yielded nothing but turndowns, Parr opted for back-door strategies.
    Synonyms
    rejection, refusal, rebuff, dismissal, spurning, repudiation, repulse, discouragement
  • 2A decline in something; a downturn.

    低落;萧条

    the company has suffered a dramatic turndown after a storm of bad publicity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They're waiting for a market turndown.
    • It is believed the value of the airline has fallen following a spate of industrial unrest, the foot-and-mouth crisis and a turndown in the US economy.
    • Outside of global market turndowns, usually one sector is always rising as another is falling.
    • America in recession would alter the global economic picture and risk a worldwide turndown.
    • The recent turndown in tourism has only exacerbated the territory's economic difficulties and heightened political and social tensions.
    • Glocer said London is probably the worst financial centre at the moment for Reuters, after the big turndown in New York.
    • His arrival at the company's plush offices in Knightsbridge coincided with a turndown in the advertising market.
    • These series of crises appear to be bending and secondly, we seem to have seen the worst of the world economic turndown.
    • As it turns out the economy was only in a minor turndown.
adjectiveˈtəːndaʊnˈtərnˌdaʊn
  • (of a collar) turned down.

    (领子)翻下的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You can wear three basic types of shirts with a tuxedo: wing collar, turndown collar and mandarin collar.

Definition of turndown in US English:

turndown

nounˈtərnˌdaʊnˈtərnˌdoun
  • 1A rejection or refusal.

    拒绝

    no idea should meet a flat turndown if there's a chance of a pay-off
    Example sentencesExamples
    • No company in history that I'm aware of has ever faced that quick a turndown.
    • It was not exactly a turndown, but they wanted to refer me to a couple of other programs that I was not willing to go into.
    • There have been no turndowns, to my knowledge, by anybody.
    • Eddy readied herself for the turndown, but none came.
    • A major request to one foundation resulted in a rather curt turndown.
    • Don't think you have to offer an explanation for every turndown, either.
    • When the front-door approach of showing his work to gallery owners yielded nothing but turndowns, Parr opted for back-door strategies.
    • I'm much more aware of how turndowns come with the package.
    • A look of dejection passed through her eyes as she looked away, trying not to feel hurt by his turndown.
    • That turndown has been now upheld by the Supreme Court.
    • They were too obsessed with the turndown in business and the threat of more violence.
    Synonyms
    rejection, refusal, rebuff, dismissal, spurning, repudiation, repulse, discouragement
  • 2A decline in something; a downturn.

    低落;萧条

    the company has suffered a dramatic turndown after a storm of bad publicity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is believed the value of the airline has fallen following a spate of industrial unrest, the foot-and-mouth crisis and a turndown in the US economy.
    • The recent turndown in tourism has only exacerbated the territory's economic difficulties and heightened political and social tensions.
    • As it turns out the economy was only in a minor turndown.
    • Glocer said London is probably the worst financial centre at the moment for Reuters, after the big turndown in New York.
    • They're waiting for a market turndown.
    • America in recession would alter the global economic picture and risk a worldwide turndown.
    • Outside of global market turndowns, usually one sector is always rising as another is falling.
    • His arrival at the company's plush offices in Knightsbridge coincided with a turndown in the advertising market.
    • These series of crises appear to be bending and secondly, we seem to have seen the worst of the world economic turndown.
adjectiveˈtərnˌdaʊnˈtərnˌdoun
  • (of a collar) turned down.

    (领子)翻下的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You can wear three basic types of shirts with a tuxedo: wing collar, turndown collar and mandarin collar.
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