Definition
To reject an idea or suggestion emphatically without giving it any consideration.
斷然拒絕,否定(某人的建議或想法)
She proposed a new marketing strategy, but her boss shot it down immediately without any discussion.
她提出了一個新的行銷策略,但她的老闆立刻毫不討論地否決了。
My colleagues shot my initial idea for the project down in flames as soon as I presented it.
我一提出這個專案的初步想法,同事們就立刻毫不留情地否決了。
He tried to offer solutions, but each one was shot down in flames.
他試著提出解決方案,但每個方案都被毫不留情地否決了。