He needed to be taken down a peg or two.
需要杀杀他的威风。
Taking Hamas down a peg is one thing.
瓦解哈马斯是一回事。
Apple also wants to take HTC down a peg.
苹果公司也想杀杀宏达电(HTC)的威风。
I'll take you down a peg before I got done with you.
我先得压一压你的傲气，再跟你一刀两断。
But new research may take these cosmic colossuses down a peg or two.
但是新的研究结果可能要刹一刹这些巨头的威风了。
It certainly took her down a peg to be transferred to that small office.
把她调到那个小事务所去，当然使她有些丢面子。
It certainly took him down a peg to be transferred to that humble position.
到那个低下的职位，无疑使他很失面子。
That boy is getting entirely too arrogant. He needs to be taken down a peg or two.
那个男孩变得格外傲慢起来，要灭一灭他的傲气。
He believes that the whole success of the business depends on his work alone-he ought to be taken down a peg or two.
他满以为事情的成功是他一个人的努力-真得杀杀他的傲气。
Representatives of various marginalized communities – women, African Americans, and jazz lovers – emerged to take the film down a peg.
各类边缘人群的代表——女性、黑人、爵士乐爱好者——都出来发声了，把这部电影拉下了一个档次。
A world of one superpower was a dangerous place, said Mr Chirac, and he behaved as if taking America down a peg or two was part of France's vocation.
希拉克曾说，一个超级大国的世界是危险的。他把煞美国的威风搞的像是法国本职工作的一部分。
Last year researchers at the University of Chicago took the Prius down a peg when they turned their attention to another gas guzzling consumer purchase.
去年芝加哥大学的研究人员，把焦点由Prius转向另一种消费者所购买的耗油产品。
It's very difficult to peg him down to a definite date for completion.
要规定他限期完成的确是十分困难的。
Not only do they have a sharpened peg of a tooth but their teeth narrow down to a razor sharp edge at the back making the tigers bite much more lethal.
它们不仅仅有锋利的三角状牙齿，而且背面向下逐渐收缩成剃刀一样锋利，这使得老虎的咬更加致命。
It is proving very difficult to peg him down to a definite date for completion.
要规定他限期完成确是十分困难的。
So she considered a while, and then climbed up the wall and let herself hang down by her hind legs from a peg, and pretended to be dead.
她琢磨了一会儿，然后爬上墙，用后腿钩住木桩倒挂下来，假装已经死了。
So she considered a while, and then climbed up the wall and let herself hang down by her hind legs from a peg, and pretended to be dead.
她琢磨了一会儿，然后爬上墙，用后腿钩住木桩倒挂下来，假装已经死了。
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