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

• No one bothered you: you were a hunter, a dreamer, your own boss away from it all for a few hours on any day that the weather did not throw down its rain.
  没人打扰你：你是猎人、梦想家，是自己的老板，在不下雨的日子里，你可以有几个小时的时间摆脱所有的烦恼。
• He thought it was time that he throw down the gage to his opponent.
  他认为向对手挑战的时候到了。
• 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”
• 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。
• Owing to poor working conditions, they decided to throw down their tools.
  因为恶劣的工作环境，他们决定罢工。
• Are you gonna throw down some bed pans?
  你要扔床单不成？
• And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?
  2你们也不可与这地的居民立约，要拆毁他们的祭坛。你们竟没有听从我的话。为何这样行呢。
• The technical feature, difficulties and throw down the gauntlet of every EMC research areas are presented in this paper based on Electromagnetic Compatibility ( EMC) fundamentals.
  在简介电磁兼容学科的基础上，阐述了电磁兼容的各个研究领域的技术特点及面对的困难和挑战。
• For god's sake, Tom smith, throw down your arms.
  看上帝的分上，汤姆？史密斯，马上放下枪械投降吧。
• If you want to throw down, fine.
  你要想这样的话，那就来吧。