The government has taken measures to bring down the high prices of daily goods to keep the market stable.

【高考试题】

The government has taken measures to ______ the high prices of daily goods to keep the market stable. (2011湖北卷)

A. take down           B. bring down           C. hand down           D. tear down

【答案解析】

答案为B。考查短语动词的辨析。句意为：政府已经采取措施来降低日常生活用品的价格以保持市场的稳定。

比如四个选项的意思：

◆take down

(1) 写下，记下。如：

He took down everything the teacher said. 他把老师说的所有话都记了下来。

I didn’t take down his phone number. 我没有记下他的电话号码。

(2) 拆下，拆掉。如：

The machine takes down easily. 这机器很容易拆。

They decided to take down the dangerous bridge. 他们决定把这座危险的桥拆掉。

◆bring down

(1) 击落或打落(飞机、飞鸟等)。如：

We managed to bring down three of the enemy planes. 我们设法击落了三架敌机。

注：有时也表示：使落下。如：

The pilot brought his crippled plane down in a field. 飞行员把失灵的飞机降落在田野里。

(2) 打死或打伤(野兽、动物等)。如：

He aimed, fired and brought down the antelope. 他瞄准羚羊射击，把它打倒了。

(3) 使倒下，推翻。如：

The wind brought down a number of trees. 大风吹倒了一些树。

The scandal may bring down the government. 这一丑闻有可能使政府垮台。

(4) 降低(温度、价格、费用等)。如：

The government tried to bring down the price. 政府设法降低价格。

◆ hand down

(1) 发下去，递下来。如：

Will you please hand down that book from the shelf? 请你把书架上那本书拿下来好吗？

Please hand down the large dish from the top shelf, I can’t reach it. 请把架子上格的大碟子递下来，我够不着。

(2) 流传，代代相传。如：

Our fathers handed down these customs to us. 我们的父辈把这些习俗传给了我们。

This ring has been handed down in my family. 这戒指是我们家一代一代传下来的。

(3) 搀扶下来。如：

They handed Grandma down to the ground floor. 他们搀扶老奶奶下楼到一楼去。

(4) 公布，宣布，宣判，提出。如：

The judge handed down a very heavy sentence on him. 法官给他判了很重的刑。

The government thinks it can hand down a cure for every difficulty in local affairs. 政府认为它对地方事务的每一困难都能提出解决办法。

◆tear down 拆下；拆除（破旧东西等）。如：

We shall have to tear the engine down completely and oil every part. 我们得将发动机全部拆开，给每个部件上油。

They tore down the old building and built a new one. 他们拆除了旧楼，盖起了新楼。