I only take on work that excites me, even if it means turning down lots of money.

我只承接让我感兴趣的工作，即使这意味着损失很多钱。

Maybe that will help, if you have the luxury of turning down money.

如果你有拒绝这些钱的的奢侈，也许那将会有帮助。

Would you mind turning down the music?

你介意把音乐关小一点吗？

But turning down a challenge has never been Ferguson's way.

但是拒绝挑战从来不是弗格森的方式。

The two cases I most regretted turning down were Webb Hubbell and Jim Guy Tucker.

我最后悔没能给予赦免的两桩案子是关于韦布·哈贝尔和吉姆·盖伊·塔克的。

Maybe you're afraid of offending someone, or you feel bad turning down their request.

你害怕得罪别人，或者你不喜欢拒绝别人的感觉。

There's no feeling quite as crappy as turning down a home-cooked meal on ethical grounds.

没有比以民族理由拒绝家里做的饭菜更让人感到讨厌的了。

Turning down an obscure street and entering an obscure lane, he went up to a Smith's shop.

他拐进一个偏僻的街道，走进一条冷僻的小巷，向一家铁匠铺走去。

The second is guilt; the person might have been feeling guilty at turning down the first request.

第二是内疚感，拒绝你第一个请求会让他产生内疚感。

People are more often turning down jobs or relocating and leaving their families behind, he says.

他称，面临调动的时候，人们更多的选择辞职或者离开家人服从调动而让家人留在原来的地点。

Or his turning down an invitation to attend the 20th anniversary celebration of the fall of the Berlin Wall?

还记得他如何拒绝参加纪念推到柏林墙二十周年的邀请吗？

Turning down the comedy channel, he drove up the hill in silence, just grateful for another day on the highway.

调到戏剧频道，他冷静的将车开上山，感谢在公路上的又一天。

This might mean turning down an invitation to a party if you know most people will be there with a spouse or date.

这可能意味着要拒绝参加聚会，如果你知道那里的大多数人已经有对象或在约会。

Today, he's at the helm of a smokin'-hot social-networking site, Facebook, and turning down billion-dollar offers.

而今天，他却执掌当下火热的社交网站——Facebook，还拒绝了十亿美元的报价。

Or, if you’re self-employed, force yourself to work fewer hours each day –even if that means turning down new projects.

或者，如果你是个自由职业者，每天强迫自己少几个小时去工作——即使这意味着你拒绝了新计划。

Such publications boast that they are very selective, turning down the vast majority of papers that are submitted to them.

这类杂志声称，他们的文章经过了严格的筛选，绝大多数文章都被拒绝采用。

One of the skippers recalls how she was' lusted after 'by male deckhands, but was very adept at turning down their advances.

一位船长回忆说，她身后可一点儿也不缺男水手和服务生追，但她却很善于婉拒那些关系更进一步的要求。

Utility companies themselves could chip in by automatically turning down air conditioning a notch during times of peak demand.

公用事业公司也可以参与进来，在需求高峰期将空调自动下调一个等级。

The idea that family is the traditional unit of society is challenged by American youth who are increasingly turning down marriage.

家庭是社会的传统组成部分，而美国青年越来越拒绝婚姻，使这种观念受到了挑战。

Astonishingly, although the brain is still alert, meditation lessens the emotional reaction to pain. It's like turning down the volume.

令人惊讶的是，虽然大脑仍然是警觉的，冥想状态减轻了对疼痛的反应，就好象降低了音量。

Come Monday, Obama demonstrated that there was something to be done: Try to shame AIG execs into turning down their "retention payments."

但等到周一，奥巴马证明他的确要做一些事情：试图通过让aig高管们感到羞耻而主动放弃“保留工资”。

However those who enjoy either Fried or barbecued meat should consider turning down the heat or cutting off burned portions when it's finished.

然而，使用任何一种油炸或者烧烤的时候应该考虑拒绝热量或切掉完全被烧毁的部分。

The suit’s W-collar seems to have developed from turning down the stand-up collar of a frock coat, which in turn derived from army and naval wear.

把礼服大衣竖着的领子翻下来就形成了W型的领口，反过来礼服大衣又来源于陆军和海军的军装。