It is easier to pull down than to build up.

拆房容易盖房难。

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Michael continues trying to pull down on the pipe, but it won't budge.

Michael继续试图撬动那条管道，但是根本没用。

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The falling birth rate and growing popularity of overseas educations have combined to pull down the number of people competing to get into China's universities.

人口出生率的下降以及越来越多的人出国留学，共同导致了参加高考人数的减少。

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"They are seeking," he said, "to pull down the temple of freedom and representative government."

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We're going to hear a lot of the note right above the dominant wanting to pull down to the dominant.

我们会听很多高于基音的音符,想下行靠近这些基音

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I need to make it so you can still see that, so I'm going to pull down these boards.

我需要把这块黑板拉下来,以便你们还能够看到

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Now the Fed is considering trying to pull down interest rates without increasing the money supply.

FORBES: Keynes vs. Friedman at the Fed

Stewart too continues to pull down a multimillion-dollar salary and maintains several expensive homes.

FORBES: Angels And Demons

The outbreak of war three years later seemed to pull down the curtain on her career.

ECONOMIST: Obituary in brief