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

• But however hard you try, you'll struggle to pin down the identity of this beauty.
  不过不管再怎么想破脑袋，你肯定也还是无法确定这位美人的身份。
• 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。
• We should use our secondary forces to pin down several enemy columns.
  我们应该用助攻部队来牵制住敌人的几个纵队。
• 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 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。
• Such criminality may be hard to pin down after all this time, but it is worth the effort.
  过了这么久，现在再对这种犯罪行为采取行动的难度很大，但人们仍值得付出努力。
• The task of their regiment was to pin down one of the flanks of the invading army.
  他们团的任务是牵制侵略军的侧翼。
• Other causes are harder to pin down.
  其它原因就很难下定论了。
• Damn! That was terrible. I only knocked the 10 pin down.
  该死！真糟糕，我只击倒了10号瓶子。
• It was difficult for me to pin down the subject.
  对我来说，要弄清楚这个问题很困难。