bring down

英 [brɪŋ daʊn]

美 [brɪŋ daʊn]

使（政府或当权者）垮台; 射落; 击落; 击倒

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 使（政府或当权者）垮台
When people or eventsbring downa government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
1. They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition...
  他们威胁要退出执政联盟，让政府垮台。
2. His challenge to Mrs Thatcher brought her down.
  他的挑战导致了撒切尔夫人的下台。
PHRASAL VERB 射落；击落；击倒
If someone or somethingbrings downa person or aeroplane, they cause them to fall, usually by shooting them.
1. Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.
  军事史学家们可能永远也不会知道是什么击落了这架喷气式飞机。

verb

cut down on
1. reduce your daily fat intake
2. The employer wants to cut back health benefits
Synonym:reducecut downcut backtrimtrim downtrim backcut
impose something unpleasant
1. The principal visited his rage on the students
Synonym:inflictvisitimpose
cause to be enthusiastic
1. Her playing brought down the house
move something or somebody to a lower position
1. take down the vase from the shelf
Synonym:lowertake downlet downget down
cause to come to the ground
1. the pilot managed to land the airplane safely
Synonym:landput down
cause the downfall of
1. The Czar was overthrown
2. subvert the ruling class
Synonym:overthrowsubvertoverturn

You bring down the lion.
你把狮子给拉下来了。
First bring down his temperature.
先给他退热再说。
The company is trying every means to bring down the wholesale price of its products.
公司使用了各种方法降低产品批发价格。
They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition
他们威胁要退出执政联盟，让政府垮台。
Their government could do nothing to bring down prices.
他们的政府已无法使物价下降了。
How many do you want? I can probably get the owner to bring down the price.
你要几只？我大概可以找店主杀价！
When multiplying numbers ending in nought, bring down the noughts first.
去乘尾数是零的数字时，先将零移下。
They wanted to bring down the government, but without shedding blood.
他们想推翻政府，但不想流血。
We must bring down the cost of doing business.
我们必须在从事商业的过程中降低成本。
It is not far fetched to imagine that these external forces can even bring down governments and their economies!
你别说不可思议，这些外部势力甚至可以把政府和它们的经济搞垮。