本期节目的topic:拒绝

turn down someone/something。 Turn down 有‘拒绝’的意思；拒绝某人或某事。

I turn down the offer.

我拒绝了那个提议。

He warned her that no good could come of it for either Harriet or herself, and he was particularly

upset when he learned that Emma had influenced Harriet to turn down Robert Martin's proposal of marriage.

他告诫爱玛这种关系无论是对哈里特还是对她自己都没有好处。奈特利先生得知哈里特在爱玛怂恿之下拒绝了罗伯特·马丁的求婚时, 就更加感到忧虑。

另外，如果想表示强调，可以在后面加上flat，flat在此用作副词，意思是‘绝对地、断然地’，用来加重语气 合在一起就是 断然拒绝！

When he asked us to pay cash, we turned him down flat.

当他要我们付现金时，我们就直截了当地拒绝。

好了，turn down someone/something flat,断然拒绝某人或某物

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