pin down

• 短语动词，指迫使某人做出决定或表明意图，也指精确确定或描述某事物。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of forcing someone to make a decision or reveal their intentions, or to precisely identify or define something.

不可数 · 及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Force to stay in placeinformal

   To physically hold someone or something down so they cannot move.

   按住

   • The wrestler pinned his opponent down to the mat.
   • The debris pinned the driver down inside the car.
   • He was pinned down by the weight of the fallen tree.

   同义词hold downimmobilizepinpress downrestrainsecure

   反义词freelooserelease

2. Get a precise answer or commitmentinformal

   To force someone to give a clear and definite answer or decision.

   逼问明确答复

   • I tried to pin him down on a date for the meeting.
   • The journalist pinned the politician down on his tax policy.
   • She couldn't pin down her boss on the deadline.

   同义词bindbuttonholecornernail downtie down

3. Identify or define preciselyinformal

   To determine or understand something exactly.

   确定

   • It's hard to pin down the exact cause of the problem.
   • Scientists are trying to pin down the source of the infection.
   • I can't pin down what it is about her that I don't like.

   同义词ascertaindefinedeterminediscernidentifynail downpinpointsingle outspecify

基本动词pin