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

• Marie Curie, in a simple, dark evening dress, glanced down the long banquet table.
  玛丽·居里身着深色简朴的晚礼服，扫视了一下那张长长的餐桌。
• Campbell dressed them down in public.
  坎贝尔当众训斥了他们。
• 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。
• Many people want to know if they actually have to dress down.
  许多人想弄清楚他们是否真得着装随意。
• Q: Should I dress up or dress down on the first date? A: It depends.
  问：第一次约会我应该穿得正式一些，还是休闲一些？答：视情况而定。
• With these pieces, today's man can create sportswear to dress up or dress down for a casual working environment or relaxed weekends.
  除了这几件衣服，如今的男士还可以穿运动装作为一种装扮，或穿便装创造一个轻松的工作环境或轻松的周末。
• Can you make the dress down for her young sister?
  你能把衣服改小给她妹妹穿吗？
• 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。
• Help me to dress the dog down so that it would look nice.
  帮我把狗洗洗，让人看上去舒服。
• 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。