throw down

英 [θrəʊ daʊn]

美 [θroʊ daʊn]

公然挑衅; 大胆挑战

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 公然挑衅;大胆挑战
  If youthrow downa challenge to someone, you do something new or unexpected in a bold or forceful manner that will probably cause them to reply or react equally strongly.
  1. The regional parliament threw down a new challenge to the central authorities by passing a law allowing private ownership of businesses...
     地方议会通过了一项法律，允许企业私有，这向中央政权发起了新的挑战。
  2. Government ministers have been responding to the challenge thrown down by their former colleague.
     政府部长们一直在应对从前的同事的公然挑战。

双语例句

• Like a writer being criticized for his first work, Hung-chien was so furious that he was all set to throw down his pen, burn the draft, and not write anything more.
  他像初次发表作品的文人给人批评了一顿，气得要投笔焚稿，不肯再写。
• No one bothered you: you were a hunter, a dreamer, your own boss away from it all for a few hours on any day that the weather did not throw down its rain.
  没人打扰你：你是猎人、梦想家，是自己的老板，在不下雨的日子里，你可以有几个小时的时间摆脱所有的烦恼。
• To release or throw down in a large mass.
  倾倒大量放出或扔下扔下了三明治与啤酒。
• Throw down your guns, and come on out with your hands up.
  扔下你的枪，并且举起双手走出来。
• The sixth shall throw down the walls of Ireland and transmute its forests into a level plain.
  第六位会把爱尔兰的城墙推倒，把森林变成平原。
• Government ministers have been responding to the challenge thrown down by their former colleague.
  政府部长们一直在应对从前的同事的公然挑战。
• We had no choice but to throw down our guns and surrender.
  我们没办法，只好放下枪投降。
• He thought it was time that he throw down the gage to his opponent.
  他认为向对手挑战的时候到了。
• No matter before have had how many the honor, now must throw down.
  不管以前自己有过多少的荣誉，现在必须丢下。
• For god's sake, Tom smith, throw down your arms.
  看上帝的分上，汤姆？史密斯，马上放下枪械投降吧。