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

• 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。
• 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。
• Why want to meet you, why want to let me like you, pay since why throw down me again.
  为什么要遇到你，为什么要让我喜欢你，付出起为什么又丢下我。
• The sixth shall throw down the walls of Ireland and transmute its forests into a level plain.
  第六位会把爱尔兰的城墙推倒，把森林变成平原。
• Are you gonna throw down some bed pans?
  你要扔床单不成？
• Seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball, in American football.
  在橄榄球运动中将一名带球的对方球员擒住并将其摔倒在地的行为。
• 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。
• 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！
• When you throw down and kill one, a really sweet line.
  等滑了一次漂亮的以后。
• The time's gonna come when I throw down the gauntlet and say," it's me or her. "
  好像是时候该我去找她挑战，问你“要我还是要她”