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英 [neɪl daʊn]

美 [neɪl daʊn]

弄清; 确定; 确定（协议）

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 弄清;确定
  If younail downsomething unknown or uncertain, you find out exactly what it is.
  1. It would be useful if you could nail down the source of this tension.
     如果你能弄清这种紧张的根源，将会大有益处。
• PHRASAL VERB 确定(协议)
  If younail downan agreement, you manage to reach a firm agreement with a definite result.
  1. The Secretary of State and his Russian counterpart met to try to nail down the elusive accord.
     美国国务卿和俄罗斯外交部长进行了会晤，试图敲定这项难以达成的协议。
• PHRASAL VERB 钉牢;钉住
  If younailsomethingdown, you fix it firmly onto something.
  1. Lay strips of 4mm ply over the mesh and nail these down with panel pins.
     把4毫米厚的胶合板条铺在网子上，然后用镶板钉钉牢。

英英释义

verb

• make final
  1. let's finalize the proposal
  Synonym:finalizefinalisesettle
• define clearly
  1. I cannot narrow down the rules for this game
  Synonym:pin downpeg downnarrow downnarrowspecify
• succeed in obtaining a position
  1. He nailed down a spot at Harvard
  Synonym:nailpeg

双语例句

• Starting with the frame list keeps the storyboard organized and helps you nail down the step-by-step outline before delving into the details of each frame or sketch.
  以框架列表开始可以使故事板有组织，而且还可以帮助你钻研每一框架或者示意图细节之前确定一步步的纲要。
• It take the negotiator ten hour to nail down a deal
  参加协商的人花了十个小时才敲定一桩生意
• If we could just nail down a few more contracts, we'd be all right.
  我们如果能再确定几个契约就好了。
• The Secretary of State and his Russian counterpart met to try to nail down the elusive accord.
  美国国务卿和俄罗斯外交部长进行了会晤，试图敲定这项难以达成的协议。
• The public benefits of commodity packaging is that the design of packaging should propose reasonable social ethic and order, promulgate civilization, nail down the tendency of social morality, and have the idea of serving the public.
  摘要商品包装的公益性是指包装设计应倡导合理的社会伦理秩序，传播文明精神，明确社会道德价值趋向，具有为社会公众服务的公益观念。
• And go walking where there are no shops, crowds or the tube. Fee was forced to roll up Persian carpets and have Stuart nail down linoleum she bought sight unseen from the store in Gilly.
  在没有商店、人群、地铁的地方漫步。菲被迫卷起了她的波斯地毯并叫斯图阿特钉上亚麻油地毯，这是她到吉利商店时即兴买下来的。
• What we hope to achieve in today's meeting is to nail down the programming content.
  希望在今天的会上我们能把节目内容确定下来。
• The latter is characterized by the inability to nail down requirements up front, making it necessary to continually adapt and re-estimate as a project progresses.
  后者的特征是没有事先明确了解需求的能力，因而需要随项目的进展不断地调整适应和重新评估。
• To nail down the aim of a class is the premise of merging setting-up and producing, to design elastic teaching procedure is the assurance, and to control a class smartly is the linchpin.
  设计弹性教学方案是预设和生成“相融共荣”的保证。灵活驾驭课堂是预设和生成“相融共荣”的关键。
• He stayed another week, trying to nail down train tickets beyond Kuibyshev.
  他又呆了一个星期，设法弄到比古比雪夫更远的火车票。