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词汇 shout down
释义
Phr V
shout down
shouts, shouting, shouted
shout down sb or shout sb down
to shout in order to prevent someone who is saying something that you disagree with from being heard
One of the speakers was shouted down when she tried to discuss the issue of abortion.
phraseshout down
shout sb downshout down sb to shout loudly while someone is talking because you want to prevent them from being heard: Several students stood up to protest, but they were quickly shouted down. Opposition MPs tried to shout him down, but he carried on with his speech.

shout down

To overwhelm or overpower someone or something into silence or submission by shouting or loudly criticizing. A noun or pronoun can be used between "shout" and "down." You can try to shout me down all you want, but you'll never silence the content of my message! Everyone in the meeting shouted down his stupid proposal.

shout someone or something down

to overwhelm someone or something by shouting. Mary was trying to speak, but Sally shouted her down. Ann brought up a very important suggestion, but Bob shouted it down. The lecturer had to shout down the entire audience to be heard.

shout down

Overwhelm or silence by yelling or jeering, as in The audience went wild and shouted down the speaker. [c. 1920]

shout down

v.
To overwhelm or silence someone by shouting loudly: The crowd shouted down the speaker. The protestors shouted the candidate down.
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