turn down

/tɜːrn daʊn/· 动词短语

财经/商业B1

turn down
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Chinese meaning

拒jù绝jué(提tí议yì/投tóu资zī)

拒jù绝jué、回huí绝jué

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Hugging Face 去qù年nián拒jù绝jué了le黄huáng仁rén勋xūn旗qí下xià公gōng司sī的de大dà额é投tóu资zī

Example

Model and data repository turned down big investment from Jensen Huang’s chip group last year to preserve independence

这zhè家jiā模mó型xíng与yǔ数shù据jù仓cāng库kù平píng台tái去qù年nián拒jù绝jué了le黄huáng仁rén勋xūn旗qí下xià芯xīn片piàn公gōng司sī的de大dà额é投tóu资zī,以yǐ保bǎo持chí独dú立lì性xìng

Source: Financial Times · 3 Sep 2026

Background ✎

英yīng伟wěi达dá宣xuān布bù以yǐ129亿yì美měi元yuán(约yuē130亿yì)收shōu购gòu开kāi源yuánAI平píng台táiHugging Face。值zhí得de注zhù意yì的de是shì,Hugging Face去qù年nián曾céng拒jù绝jué黄huáng仁rén勋xūn旗qí下xià芯xīn片piàn公gōng司sī的de大dà额é投tóu资zī,当dāng时shí正zhèng是shì为wèi了le保bǎo持chí自zì身shēn独dú立lì性xìng。

Roots · etymology

turn 源自拉丁 tornare(用车床旋转)

  • turn(转)+ down(向下);字面'转向拒绝',另一常见义是'调低(音量等)'

Collocations

  • turn down an offer / turn down a job / turn down the volume

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