So, what do guys like you do when you're not talking guys like me down?

那么，当你不用说服人时都做些什么呢？

Many people criticize me for trying to be a climate change refugee, saying I'm talking my country down.

很多人批评我试图成为一个气候变化难民，说我在贬低我的国家。

Essentially, there were reports that Trump felt that McMaster would be lecturing to him and maybe talking down to him.

基本上来说，有报道称特朗普认为麦克马斯特会给他上课，可能会用居高临下的语气对他说话。

And so of course I'm, like, talking myself down, like, it's fine.

当然，我会自我贬低，就像，没关系。

I think I'll let you do the talking down there.

我就让你说吧。

An interesting one is, 'Bless your heart! ' used mainly by adults talking down - 'Ah! Bless your heart! ' - to a child.

有一个很有趣的表达‘保佑你的心’——主要是大人对小孩说话的时候用：‘啊，保佑你的心’。

And Johnson could challenge this in court. And we're talking a little ways down the road here - maybe next year, the following year.

约翰逊可以在法院对此提出质疑。我们现在谈论的是未来的事情，也许这会在明年发生。

It's a general expression of indulgent sympathy - 'Isn't that sweet? ' - always with that distinctive tone of voice, always a hint of talking down.

这个句子一般是用来表达溺爱的赞同感——‘真是太可爱了’，总是带有独特的语气，也总是暗带着说服的口吻。

But during his mandate, he really has alienated many Brazilians, notably with his uncaring attitude towards Covid-19 and talking down the importance of vaccines.

但在他的任期内， 他确实疏远了许多巴西人，尤其是他对 Covid-19 漠不关心的态度以及淡化疫苗的重要性。

When someone is talking down to someone else, the person talking is treating the other person as if they were lower than them, less important than them, or, again, not quite as smart as them.

当某人对别人说话时，说话的人对待对方的态度就好像他们比他们低， 不如他们重要， 或者再说一遍， 不如他们聪明。