āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
turn down
/ËtÉËn ËdaĘn/
to turn down
[phrase form: turn]
01
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to decline an invitation, request, or offer
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you turn the invitation down gracefully, explaining your prior engagement?
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰā§, āύāĻŋāĻŽāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ?
02
āĻāĻŽāĻžāύ, āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž
to turn a switch on a device so that it makes less sound, heat, etc.
Transitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the movie theatre, the staff will turn down the lights when the film starts.
āϏāĻŋāύā§āĻŽāĻž āĻšāϞā§, āϏā§āĻāĻžāĻĢ āĻĢāĻŋāϞā§āĻŽ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻšāϞ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to reject someone and prevent them from entering a place or becoming a member of a group or organization
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They turned the suggestion back, expressing their disagreement.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
04
āĻāĻŽā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϤāύ
(of a business or economy) to become less busy or profitable
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Job opportunities turned down as the labor market tightened.
āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋāϰ āϏā§āϝā§āĻ āĻāĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§āĨ¤
05
āύāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻžāύā§, āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§
to adjust the position of something by flipping or rotating it downward
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She turned the document down to read the footnotes.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻāύā§āĻ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧠āύāĻĨāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
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