take down
1．remove；get by lifting down 移动
Please take down the books from the shelf．请把书从架上取下来。
2．write in shorthand；write down；record 用速记记录；记录；速记
The policeman took down all particulars of the accident．警察把事故的所有细节都记录下来了。
She took down the speech in short hand．她用速记法把演讲记了下来。
3．diminish the pride or arrogance of；humiliate 挫某人的傲气；挫锐气
A person who is always trying to take other people down gets himself disliked．老是企图让别人丢面子的人不讨人喜欢。
Margaret has too high an opinion of herself．Someone must take her down a bit．玛格丽特太自负了，应当有人挫一挫她的傲气。
4．dismantle；pull or take apart 拆卸；拆散
The workmen are now taking down the scaffolding round the building．工人们正在拆卸建筑物周围的脚手架。
Carpenters took down the old house in order to build a new one．木工们拆掉那老房子，以便建一幢新房。
5．fall sick；become ill 病倒
He was taken down with fever．他因发烧而病倒了。
6．cheat 欺骗
The plausible rogue took me down over that bargain．这花言巧语的流氓在那宗交易中欺骗了我。
Only when he got the camera home and began to examine it did he realize that he had been taken down at the pawnbroker's．当他回家检查买回来的照相机时，才发觉自己在当铺里受骗了。
7．swallow with difficulty 困难地吞下
Take the medicine down and do not stop to think about it．把药吞下去，吞的时候不要停下来想它。