1PHRASAL VERB 击落(飞机、直升机、导弹等) If someone shoots down an aeroplane, a helicopter, or a missile, they make it fall to the ground by hitting it with a bullet or missile. 击落(飞机、直升机、导弹等) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile. [VERBPREP. noun]
他们声称击落了一枚来犯的导弹。
His plane was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967. [VERBPREP. noun (not pronoun)]
他的飞机于 1967 年在北越被击落。
SYN bring down, gun down
2PHRASAL VERB 枪杀;开枪射击 If one person shoots down another, they shoot them with a gun. 枪杀;开枪射击
He was prepared to suppress rebellion by shooting down protesters. [VERBPREP. noun]
他准备开枪射击抗议者以镇压叛乱。
They shot him down in cold blood. [VERB noun PREP.]
他们残忍地开枪将他打死了。
SYN gun down, blow away [slang, mainly US], put a bullet into [informal], fell
3PHRASAL VERB 反驳;彻底推翻 If you shoot someone down or shoot down their ideas, you say or show that they are completely wrong. 反驳;彻底推翻 [Also VERBPREPOSITION n]
She was able to shoot the rumour down in flames with ample documentary evidence. [VERB noun PREP.]