talk down

英 [tɔːk daʊn]

美 [tɔːk daʊn]

（紧急情况下）引导（飞行员）安全降落; 贬低; 贬损

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB (紧急情况下)引导(飞行员)安全降落
Totalk downsomeone who is flying an aircraft in an emergency means to give them instructions so that they can land safely.
1. The pilot began to talk him down by giving instructions over the radio.
  引航员开始通过无线电发出指令引导他安全着陆。
PHRASAL VERB 贬低;贬损
If someonetalks downa particular thing, they make it less interesting, valuable, or likely than it originally seemed.
1. They even blame the government for talking down the nation's fourth biggest industry...
  他们甚至指责政府贬低该国的第四大产业。
2. Businessmen are tired of politicians talking the economy down.
  商人厌烦政客们贬低经济的重要性。
PHRASAL VERB 说服(或劝服)…降低要价
Totalksomeonedownin negotiations means to persuade them to accept less money than they originally asked for.
1. We talked them down and struck a deal...
  我们说服他们降了价，成交了。
2. When he makes you an offer, you send me in and I'll talk him down another thousand...
  他向你报完价后，你让我进去，我再给他砍掉1, 000。
3. This leaves the Prime Minister, like his predecessors, earnestly trying to talk down wages.
  这就使得首相和他的前任们一样，急于削减工资。

verb

direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
1. the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill
belittle through talk
speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
1. He talks down to her

You've got to talk them down. She certainly had me in that argument.
你非去驳倒他们不可。她在辩论中确实把我驳倒了。
All his talk boiled down to the fact that he did not want to go.
他所说的全是想加重他不去的事实。
Businessmen are tired of politicians talking the economy down.
商人厌烦政客们贬低经济的重要性。
I'm not a child any more. Don't talk down to me.
我不再是孩子了，别用这种态度跟我说话。
Try not to talk down to your employees.
尽量不要用居高临下的口气对雇员说话。
Whatever she says, try to talk her down.
不管她说，试图说服她了。
How'd you talk him down?
你们怎么把他弄下来的？
One after another their ideas were talk down.
一个接着一个的意见被说服（否决）。
You shouldn't talk down your own achievements.
你不应该小瞧了自己的成就。
I need somebody to talk me down off the ledge.
我需要有人在边上帮我。