英语词汇“do someone/thing down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

do someone/thing down

British informal

1Get the better of someone, typically in an underhand way: if you’re a manager trying to do down a colleague, the best way to do it is to flood them with data...

Were the Gods contriving to do us down once more on the major stage of a Munster championship day?
For a while there were rumours of a Labor rat out to do him down.
He never faced a room full of twenty-first century youngsters who, at best, would rather be at home playing Playstation games and, at worst, were determined to do him down.

1.1Criticize someone or something: they’re always moaning and doing British industry down...

The magazine's got a cheek to revel in London's victory when it always does its very best to do our city down.
We don't want to do our country down, but please don't act as if we've got the problems under control.
They always had faith in him despite the so-called experts who were only willing to do him down.

Synonyms

belittle, disparage, denigrate, run down, deprecate, depreciate, cast aspersions on, discredit, vilify, defame, decry, criticize, abuse, insult, malign;

North American slur

informal do a hatchet job on, take to pieces, take apart, pull apart, pick holes in, drag through the mud, have a go at, hit out at, knock, slam, pan, bash, bad-mouth, look down one's nose at

British informal rubbish, slate, slag off

rare asperse, derogate, minify

See parent entry: do

单词	do someone/thing down
释义	do someone/thing down British informal 1Get the better of someone, typically in an underhand way: if you’re a manager trying to do down a colleague, the best way to do it is to flood them with data... Were the Gods contriving to do us down once more on the major stage of a Munster championship day? For a while there were rumours of a Labor rat out to do him down. He never faced a room full of twenty-first century youngsters who, at best, would rather be at home playing Playstation games and, at worst, were determined to do him down. 1.1Criticize someone or something: they’re always moaning and doing British industry down... The magazine's got a cheek to revel in London's victory when it always does its very best to do our city down. We don't want to do our country down, but please don't act as if we've got the problems under control. They always had faith in him despite the so-called experts who were only willing to do him down. Synonyms belittle, disparage, denigrate, run down, deprecate, depreciate, cast aspersions on, discredit, vilify, defame, decry, criticize, abuse, insult, malign; North American slur informal do a hatchet job on, take to pieces, take apart, pull apart, pick holes in, drag through the mud, have a go at, hit out at, knock, slam, pan, bash, bad-mouth, look down one's nose at British informal rubbish, slate, slag off rare asperse, derogate, minify See parent entry: do
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