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

• If you want to throw down, fine.
  你要想这样的话，那就来吧。
• The captain told one of the men to go aloft and throw down a rope.
  于是船长让其中的一个人在大船上扔一根绳子下去连接小船。
• Then the cocoa-nuts would be ripe for picking, and her cousins ( like all the natives, Ata had a host of relatives) would swarm up the trees and throw down the big ripe nuts.
  爱塔的表兄表弟、堂兄堂弟（象所有的土人一样，她的亲戚数也数不过来）成群结队地爬到树上去，把成熟的大椰子扔下来。
• 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。
• Are you gonna throw down some bed pans?
  你要扔床单不成？
• You have lost the battle, throw down your arms, and we will show mercy!
  你们打败了，放下武器，我们就饶了你们！
• The people need a strong leader to help them to throw down their unjust rulers.
  人民需要一个强有力的领导帮助他们推翻非正义的统治者。
• 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。
• A white bird came to the tree every time, and whenever she expressed a wish, the bird would throw down to her what she had wished for.
  不久，有一只小鸟来树上筑巢，她与小鸟交谈起来。后来她想要什么，小鸟都会给她带来。
• We had no choice but to throw down our guns and surrender.
  我们没办法，只好放下枪投降。