dress down

英 [dres daʊn]

美 [dres daʊn]

（比平时）穿着随便

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (比平时)穿着随便
  If youdress down, you wear clothes that are less smart than usual.
  1. She dresses down in baggy clothes to avoid hordes of admirers.
     她随便穿了件宽松的衣服以免被大批的粉丝认出。
• See also:Campbell dressed them down in public.dressing-down

英英释义

verb

• dress informally and casually
  1. On Fridays, employees can underdress
  Synonym:underdress
• censure severely or angrily
  1. The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
  2. The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
  3. The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup
  Synonym:call on the carpettake to taskrebukeragtrouncereprooflecturereprimandjawcall downscoldchideberatebawl outremonstratechew outchew uphave wordslambastelambast

双语例句

• Shops were boarded up, banks warned employees to dress down and police responded to reports of a suspicious package at the bank.
  店家给商店上了铺板，银行警告员工不要穿着时髦，而警察也对英国央行报告的可疑包裹加以处置。
• The tailor cut the dress down.
  裁缝把衣服改小了。
• She leapt from the car, hitched up her dress and sprinted down the road after him
  她从车上跳下来，提起连衣裙，对他一路紧追不放。
• When I was twenty-eight, I was teaching English to freshmen in a high school where occasionally the faculty and staff were allowed to dress down.
  我二十八岁时，在一所高中教新生英语，学校的教职员工偶尔可以穿着便装。
• She dresses down in baggy clothes to avoid hordes of admirers.
  她随便穿了件宽松的衣服以免被大批的粉丝认出。
• Some profes-sions, such as advertising, dress down all the time to demonstrate their creativity.
  在有些行业，如广告业，人们则一直穿便装，以展示他们的创造性。
• Nancy's work is a mess, you know. I'm afraid he'll dress her down.
  你知道，南希工作干得一团糟，恐怕老板要训斥她了。
• Campbell dressed them down in public.
  坎贝尔当众训斥了他们。
• Can you make the dress down for her young sister?
  你能把衣服改小给她妹妹穿吗？
• That man doesn't talk reason. it's a splendid chance to dress him down a bit.
  这人不讲道理，这个是机会，得好好说他一下。