turning down

This might mean turning down an invitation to a party if you know most people will be there with a spouse or date.

这可能意味着要拒绝参加聚会，如果你知道那里的大多数人已经有对象或在约会。

Dr. Brambilla's team was able to stop dyskinesia in animal models by turning down the activity of two key parts of this overactive pathway.

在动物模型上，Brambilla博士的团队能够通过阻断过激通路上两个关键部位的活性来停止运动障碍。

Turning down the thermostat in winter (and up in summer) a little helps too: Experts say each degree can trim 2%-3% from your heating bill.

在冬天把恒温器调低一点（夏天调高一点）也会有好处：专家说，每调低一度就可以让采暖费降低2%到3%。

She had been racked with guilt after turning down a request for dinner with her sick mother.

她拒绝和多病的母亲共进晚餐后，感到非常内疚。

It could be as simple as letting the cat out, turning out the lights, turning down the heat, washing your face, and brushing your teeth.

事可以简单到放猫咪出门、关灯、关暖气、洗脸刷牙，也可以是瑜伽或冥想。

The second is guilt; the person might have been feeling guilty at turning down the first request.

第二是内疚感，拒绝你第一个请求会让他产生内疚感。

Would I follow Kaka's example in turning down Manchester City? I would have to call God and then we would see.

我是否也会向卡卡一样拒绝曼城的邀请？我会求助上帝，让他来为我做决定。然后我们再看看。

Facebook, meanwhile, is 'building our business for the long term, ' said Mr. Fischer, turning down ads that compromise the user experience.

同时，费雪表示，Facebook“正在从长远角度来发展自己的事业”。他拒绝了那些会损害用户体验的广告。

Astonishingly, although the brain is still alert, meditation lessens the emotional reaction to pain. It's like turning down the volume.

令人惊讶的是，虽然大脑仍然是警觉的，冥想状态减轻了对疼痛的反应，就好象降低了音量。

Quiet is peace. Tranquility. Quiet is turning down the volume knob on life. Silence is pushing the off button. Shutting it down. All of it.

安静就是和平，安宁。安静是把生活中的音量旋钮调降；沉默却是按下开关钮键，熄掉一切。

None of this proves that turning down the heat or sleeping more will make people thin.

所有这些都证明，将温度调低或增加睡眠会使人保持苗条的身材。

turning down an obscure street and entering an obscure lane , he went up to a smith ' s shop.

他拐进一个偏僻的街道，走进一条冷僻的小巷，向一家铁匠铺走去。

With the US economy turning down and some corners of the debt markets in turmoil, financial leverage has been going out of fashion fast.

随着美国经济滑坡及债务市场部分领域陷入动荡，金融杠杆已然失宠。

Despite turning down Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo's first proposal of marriage, Nellie Wilson accepted when he asked again.

虽然伍德罗·威尔逊总统另一位女儿EleanorWilson拒绝了财政部长WilliamMcAdoo第一次的求婚，但第二次求婚时她便接受了。

And, by the way, what's with Deng and Ben Gordon turning down $10-million-a-year extensions?

顺便说一句，邓和戈登拒绝了1000万美元一年的延长期合同，他们到底想要什么？

Today, he's at the helm of a smokin'-hot social-networking site, Facebook, and turning down billion-dollar offers.

而今天，他却执掌当下火热的社交网站——Facebook，还拒绝了十亿美元的报价。

Lily, it's too noise. Would you mind me turning down the music sound? --Not at all.

丽丽，太吵闹了。我把音量关小一点，你不介意吧？--不介意。

While you can keep turning down social invitations and avoid strangers, at the end of the day you'll still be the same person.

尽管你可以拒绝社会要求，避免遭遇陌生人，到头来你还是你，毫无进步。

Now that I think of it we were wrong in turning down her proposal.

现在想起来我们那时拒绝她的建议是错误的。

Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota has ordered state officials not to co-operate with the reforms, even turning down grant money.

明尼苏达州州长TimPawlenty命令本州官员拒绝配合医改，甚至干脆拒绝拨款。