1、turn down

拒绝(某人或其请求、提议等)

Before this I'd have smiled and turned her down.

在这之前，我本该笑着拒绝她。

I thanked him for the offer but turned it down

我谢绝了他的提议。

动词关小;调低

He kept turning the central heating down.

他不断调低中央暖气的温度。

She could not bear the relentless music and turned down the volume.

她受不了没完没了的音乐，就把音量调小了。

（比率）减少;（水平）降低

The divorce rate turned down in the 1950s.

20 世纪 50 年代离婚率下降了。

2、independence

(国家的)独立,自主

In 1816, Argentina declared its independence from Spain.

1816年,阿根廷宣布脱离西班牙正式独立。

the country's first elections since independence in 1962.

该国自 1962 年独立以来的首次选举

(人的)独立,自立

He was afraid of losing his independence.

他害怕失去自己的独立性。

a woman's independence, capability, and power.

一个女人的独立、能力与权力