speak down to

常見例句

雙語例句

• 'I'm sure the manager has sat him down and spoken to him already, ' said Ferdinand.
  我確信教練已經和他進行了認真的交談。
• BANKERS, erstwhile masters of the financial universe, are not used to being spoken down to.
  銀行家，過去金融世界的主宰，還不習慣屈尊降貴。
• I attempted to mask my ignorance by keeping my head down and not speaking unless spoken to.
  我試圖掩蓋自己的無知，每天低著頭乾活，除非別人跟我說話，否則不主動交談。

權威例句

• The culture, even down to the dialect spoken, was created and designed by and for men.
  FORBES: Women In Business And The Groundhog Day Syndrome
• He walked around the campus with his eyes down, speaking only when spoken to, and he washed dishes and waited on tables at the fraternities, which he was not invited to join.
  NEWYORKER: Method Man
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