减小，关小，调低；拒绝

burned down───烧毁，火力减弱

gunned down───枪杀；开枪打伤

toned down───缓和；柔和；降低

turn down───减小，关小，调低；拒绝

turned on───v.打开；发动；取决于；使兴奋；攻击

turns down───减小，关小，调低；拒绝

touched down───降落；着陆；攻方持球触地得分

tumbled down───破败；半破坏；倒塌

turned round───转身，转向；归航；回车道；转变

Mr Madoff was no hawkish salesman. He often turned down the country club members competing to throw money at him.───麦道夫先生并不是那种沿街叫卖的推销者。他时常拒绝那些争相向他抛钱的乡村俱乐部成员。

When the personnel manager told him that his application for the job was turned down, he knew better than to ask why.───人事经理告诉他，他的求职申请未被接受，他知道最坏应问为什么。

Flashing his wedding ring at her he turned down her advances and took her to the grocery store instead.───他晃了晃结婚戒指，拒绝了她的示好，而是带她去了杂货店。

Buffett applied to Harvard Business School but was turned down in what had to be one of the worst admissions decisions is Harvard history.───巴菲特曾申请哈佛商学院被拒，这后来成为哈佛历史上最糟糕的录取决定之一。

But she turned down the offer because of her long-term plans and a desire to avoid knee-jerk decisions based on what commodity is hot.───因为这与自己的长期计划相悖，而且她不愿因为最热门的商品是什么就不动脑子而作决定。

Officials in Cologne, where the couple lived, turned down their request, saying that this name would not be accepted in their home country.───这对夫妇住在科隆，当地官员拒绝了他们的要求，称这个名字在他们自己的国家（土耳其）将无法被人接受。

They acted unreasonably when they turned down Jill's application.

She turned down a side street and then disappeared.

It beats me that they turned down the invitation.

Some impractical suggestions were turned down by the committee.

The theatre lights were turned down.

Investments turned down considerably during the economic crisis.

In the end, I turned down Raoul's tempting offer of the Palm Beach trip.

She applied for resident status but was turned down.

We turned down their proposal then and there.