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

• Missoni modernized its suit at Milan fashion week, pairing a blazer with one of its trademark patterned fine-knits and fingerless gloves – showing you can dress down a suit too.
  在米兰时装周上，米索尼的西装更加现代化，与西装相搭配的是该品牌的标志之一有图案的高档针织衫和露指手套向你展示西装也可以穿得休闲。
• 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。
• 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。
• This dress buttons down the front, but that one down the back.
  这件衣服的钮扣是扣在前面的，但那一件是扣后面。
• 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。
• This is never more apparent than on "dress& down days", when what you wear can say more about you than any business suit ever could.
  这种“以衣度人”的态度在“便装日”表现得更为明显，这时你的穿着比任何商务套装都更能说明你的一切。
• 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。
• 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。