By pinning notes down to a page, it's almost like capturing a butterfly.

把笔记钉在纸上，就像捕捉蝴蝶一样。

While pinning down a definition has proven tricky, the general consensus is it's some means of information gathering.

虽然事实证明给好奇心下定义很难，但大家普遍认为好奇心是一种收集信息的手段。

Birth order is a fascinating subject but pinning down exactly what impact it has, if any, is still a massive challenge.

出生顺序是一个引人入胜的话题，但要确定它到底有什么影响（如果有的话），仍然是一个巨大的挑战。

The next step is pinning down precisely when this massive asteroid arrived.

下一步是精确确定这颗巨大的小行星何时到达。

As sociologists, the difficulty for us is in pinning down exactly what we mean by social class.

作为社会学家，我们的困难在于准确地确定我们所说的社会阶级的含义。

The fiend pinning down the thief’s pack behind him, I passed over quickly: it was an object of terror.

恶魔把贼包压在身后， 我赶紧过去：那是个恐怖的东西。

'I ask, as I said before, more as a way of obtaining enlightenment on the subject of Leslie Searle than of pinning you down to anything.

“我问，正如我之前所说， 更多的是作为一种获得关于莱斯利塞尔主题的启发的方式， 而不是将你固定在任何事情上。

Eric Casebolt was taken off duty after he was seen in the video pinning down a 15-year-old girl and drawing his gun following a disturbance in the Dallas suburb of McKinney.

视频显示，在达拉斯麦肯尼郊区发生骚乱后，埃里克·凯斯伯特将一名15岁女孩按倒，这名警察因此已经离职。

By one o'clock the bar was jammed; amidst the consequent mixture of voices the staff of waiters functioned, pinning down their clients to the facts of drink and money.

到了一点钟，酒吧被塞住了。在随之而来的混合声音中，服务员的工作人员发挥作用，将他们的客户固定在饮酒和金钱的事实上。

Henry lets out a muffled yelp, and the next thing Alex knows, he's been yanked sideways by his shirt and Henry is halfway on top of him, pinning him down with one thigh.

亨利发出一声低沉的叫喊， 亚历克斯知道的下一件事是，他的衬衫被拉向一边， 亨利半压在他身上，用一条大腿把他压住。