美 [brɪŋ daʊn]
使倒下：使物体倒塌或崩溃。
使下降：使物体从较高的位置下降。
降低：减少（如价格或水平）。
bring down // [ bringing brought brings ]
动词词组 When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power. 使垮台
They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition.
他们威胁要退出统治联盟以让政府垮台。
动词词组 If someone or something brings down a person or aeroplane, they cause them to fall, usually by shooting them. 击落
Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.
军事史学家们也许永远不会知道是什么击落了那架喷气式飞机。
cause to be enthusiastic
把(数字等)转入下栏(或下页)
擒抱，抱住并摔倒或挡住(对方带球跑的队员)；【英式足球】(以抢截或犯规)使(对方)绊(或跌)倒：
降低
打倒
... bring around/round说服，使信服；使恢复知觉（健康） bring down打倒，挫伤；降低 bring forth产生；提出，提议 ...
9．C 此题考查blow down(刮倒)与bring down(使倒下)均是及物动词短语，可以有被动形式。而cut down切断意思不符，fall down不能用于被动语态。
降低；打倒，打死；击落
We aim to bring down prices on all our computers.
我们打算降低我们所有计算机的价格。
The scandal may bring down the government.
那件丑闻可能使政府垮台。
If you're running upstairs, go to my room and bring down my sweater, please.
如果你要上楼的话，请到我的房间把我的毛衣拿下来。
It describes how a hunter can use both barrels of a shotgun to bring down two birds very quickly.
VOA : special.2010.07.25
It only helps them to bring down the cost of health care, government has to operate the system more efficiently than the market does.
它只能,降低医疗的费用，政府必须,比市场更加有效地运作。
经济学课程节选 : 斯坦福公开课
Actually, so you can still read that, let me bring down and clean this board.
你们可以继续看看那句话,我先把这块黑板擦一下
博弈论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"The Affordable Health Care for America Act is a piece of legislation that will provide stability and security for Americans who have insurance, quality affordable options for those who don't and bring down the cost of health care for families, business and our government while strengthening the financial health of Medicare."
VOA : special.2009.11.13
In addition, the administration wants to bring down the soaring cost of health care for consumers, businesses and the government.
VOA : standard.2009.08.12
We have worked very hard in this administration to attack that problem, to bring down unemployment.
"Someday someone will find a packet of death to bring down the Internet, " warns Ken J.
Even without a democracy, economic failure could thus bring down another Asian prime minister.