pin down
US /pɪn daʊn/
・UK /pin daun/
A2 初級
phr. v.片語動詞受約束
He thought he should pin her down about what she meant
v.t.及物動詞迫使某人做決定
I tried to pin him down to a specific date for the meeting.
phr. v.片語動詞確定
I tried to pin down the exact time of the meeting, but no one seemed to know.
phr. v.片語動詞壓制
The police managed to pin down the suspect in a narrow alley.
影片字幕
您從未意識到的 63 種常見自閉症特徵！有多少適合你？ (63 common autistic traits you never realised were signs of autism! How many apply to you?)
06:43
- So it's pretty hard to pin down exactly what autism is,
是以，自閉症到底是什麼，很難說清楚、
12 個跡象表明你比自己意識到的要聰明得多 (12 Signs You’re Way More Intelligent Than You Realize)
11:44
- be difficult to pin down. You may find yourself laughing at things that no one else thinks are
難以確定。你可能會發現自己對一些別人不以為然的事情哈哈大笑。
海岸線悖論解讀 (The Coastline Paradox Explained)
06:00
- and that is really hard to accurately pin down
而這個真的非常難準確地測量
川普是法西斯主義者嗎？ (Is Trump REALLY a Fascist? – 8-Bit Philosophy)
05:35
- Fascism is a buzzy term. Given that there is not one unifying principle or ideology, it's hard to pin down.
「法西斯主義」是最近很流行的用語。因為它背後並沒有一個統一的原則或意識形態，我們很難將它明確界定。
到底為什麼會有天才神童？他們長大後的發展都很好嗎？ (What Happens To Child Prodigies When They Grow Up?)
04:15
- The thing is the link between IQ and prodigy is hard to pin down. The science of prodigies is hard to pin down.
重點是，IQ 跟神童之間的關聯很難理清。科學很難明確說明神童這個現象。
最被低估的十大電影結局 (Top 10 Most Underrated Movie Endings)
14:22
- Number 10 Storms Coming A serious man part indie dramedy, part biblical allegory based on the story of job, the Coen brothers, A serious man is a seriously hard movie to pin down and fully understand thes questions that are bothering you, Larry.
10號風暴來了 一部嚴肅的人，一部分是獨立劇情片，一部分是聖經寓言，以科恩兄弟的工作故事為基礎，《嚴肅的人》是一部嚴肅的電影，很難確定並完全理解那些困擾你的問題，拉里。
為什麼COVID-19如此難以追蹤？ (Why Is COVID-19 So Hard to Track?)
07:10
- Now for those who experience a milder form of COVID-19, diagnosis can be difficult to pin down.
對於 COVID-19 輕微症狀的患者來說，很難確定確診。
我們如何在情感上成長？ (How Can We Grow Emotionally?)
06:25
- Um, obvious conceptual difference between the two drives is that we can know easily enough what it means to be fully grown physically, but it's rather hard to pin down what equivalent emotional maturity might look like.
嗯，這兩種驅動力之間明顯的概念差異是，我們可以很容易地知道什麼叫身體上的完全成長，但很難確定同等的情感成熟可能是什麼樣子。
12 個內向者擅長的事！(12 Things Introverts Are Best At Doing)
10:23
- They can help you pin down exactly what's bothering you and even suggest how to resolve it
他們可以幫助你確定到底是什麼在困擾著你，甚至建議如何解決。
什麼是哲學？(What is philosophy?)
04:41
- Someone we meet is very annoying, but we can't pin down what the issue is.
我們碰到的某個人很煩人，但我們卻無法確定問題出在哪裡。