send down

mandare giù, far scendere

Mandare o far scendere qualcuno o qualcosa da un posto più alto a uno più basso.

In inglese semplice: To make someone or something go from a higher place to a lower one.

• Please send down the empty basket.
• They sent a rope down from the roof.
• Can you send someone down to the ground floor?

Come si usa: send someone/something down to someone/something (They sent the tools down to the workers below.)

Sinonimi: lower

Contrari: raise

Espressioni comuni: send down something, send down someone, send down supplies

condannare alla reclusione, incarcerare

Stabilire che qualcuno debba trascorrere un periodo in carcere come punizione per un reato.

In inglese semplice: To order someone to spend time in prison as punishment for a crime.

• The judge sent him down.
• She was sent down for two years.
• Will they send him down for the robbery?

Come si usa: send someone down for + period of time (The judge sent him down for five years.)

Sinonimi: imprison, jail

Contrari: release

Espressioni comuni: send down someone, send someone down

lanciare la palla

Nel cricket, lanciare la palla verso il giocatore che cerca di colpirla con la mazza.

In inglese semplice: In cricket, to throw the ball toward the player who tries to hit it.

• He sent down a fast ball.
• She sent down six accurate deliveries.
• The captain asked him to send down another over.

Come si usa: send down something (The bowler sent down a fast delivery.)

Sinonimi: bowl

Espressioni comuni: send down deliveries, send down an over, send down a ball

mandare nelle leghe minori

Nel baseball, trasferire un giocatore a una squadra di una lega inferiore.

In inglese semplice: In baseball, to move a player to a team in a lower league.

• The team sent him down.
• They sent the young pitcher down to the minors.
• She expects the club to send down two players.

Come si usa: send someone down to something (The club sent the pitcher down to the minor leagues.)

Sinonimi: demote

Contrari: promote

Espressioni comuni: send down someone, send someone down

mandare in campagna per rieducare

Costringere qualcuno a vivere in campagna e lavorare come contadino per rieducarlo politicamente.

In inglese semplice: To force someone to live and work as a farmer in the countryside for political education.

• The authorities sent the students down.
• Many young people were sent down to work on farms.
• His parents had been sent down during the Cultural Revolution.

Come si usa: send someone down to the countryside (The authorities sent young people down to the countryside.)

Espressioni comuni: send down someone, send students down