1、turn down

拒绝(某人或其请求、提议等)

Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down.

在这之前，我本该笑着拒绝她。

I thanked him for the offer but turned it down

我谢绝了他的提议。

关小;调低

He kept turning the central heating down.

他不断调低中央暖气的温度。

She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.

她受不了没完没了的音乐，就把音量调小了。

（比率）减少;（水平）降低

The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s.

20 世纪 50 年代离婚率下降了。

2、control

(对机构、地方、体系等的)控制权，支配权

The restructuring involves Mr Ronson giving up control of the company.

这次改组涉及龙森先生放弃对公司的控制权。

The first aim of his government would be to establish control over the republic's territory.

他这届政府的首要目标是确立对共和国领土的控制权。

控制(能力);支配(能力)

He lost control of his car.

他的汽车失控了。

Some teachers have more control over pupils than their parents have.

有的老师比小学生的父母更能管得住他们。

控制;掌管;管理;统治

He now controls the largest retail development empire in southern California.

他现在掌管着加州南部最大的零售发展企业。

Almost all of the countries in Latin America were controlled by dictators.

当时几乎所有的拉丁美洲国家都由独裁者统治。