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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

down

英  [daʊn]
    

[ADJ, ADV, NOUN, PREP, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1. 情绪不高的

    If you are feeling down, you are feeling unhappy or depressed.

    近义词

    low

    双语例句

    例：

    The old man sounded really down.

    那位老人听起来很沮丧。

    2. 记在纸上的

    If something is down on paper, it has been written on the paper.

    双语例句

    例：

    That date wasn't down on our news sheet.

    该日期没有写在我们的报导里。

    3. （尤指电脑）出故障的 , 死机的

    If a piece of equipment, especially a computer system, is down, it is temporarily not working. Compare up.

    双语例句

    例：

    The computer's down again.

    那台电脑又死机了。

    ADV. 副词
  • 1. 向下地

    If something is moving down, it is going towards the ground or to a lower level.

    双语例句

    例：

    She went down to the kitchen again.

    她又去了下面的厨房。

    2. 在下方地

    If something is a particular distance down, it is that distance below the top or surface of something.

    双语例句

    例：

    At the bottom of the pit, some 1,300 feet down, are huge heaps of ore.

    在距地面大约一千三百英尺的坑底，有大堆的矿石。

    3. 向下

    You use down to say that you are looking or facing in a direction that is towards the ground or towards a lower level.

    双语例句

    例：

    She was still looking down at her papers.

    她还在低头看着那些文件。

    4. （放）到平面上

    If you put something down, you put it onto a surface.

    双语例句

    例：

    Danny put down his glass.

    丹尼放下他的玻璃杯。

    5. 下降

    If an amount of something goes down, it decreases. If an amount of something is down, it has decreased and is at a lower level than it was.

    双语例句

    例：

    Interest rates came down today.

    利率今天下降了。

    例：

    Inflation will be down to three per cent.

    通货膨胀率将下降到3。

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1. [U 不可数名词] 羽绒

    Down consists of the small, soft feathers on young birds. Down is used to make bed-covers and pillows.

    双语例句

    例：

    goose down.

    鹅绒。

    2. [U 不可数名词] 绒毛

    Down is very fine hair.

    双语例句

    例：

    The whole plant is covered with fine down.

    整株植物上长满了绒毛。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • down to

    1. 只剩下

    If you are down to a certain amount of something, you have only that amount left.

    双语例句

    例：

    The poor man's down to his last $5.

    那个可怜的男人只剩下最后的5美元了。

    2. 甚至包括

    Down to a particular detail means including everything, even that detail. Down to a particular person means including everyone, even that person.

    双语例句

    例：

    The bedroom was an exact replica of the original, perfect right down to the patterns on the wallpaper and the hairbrushes on the dressing table.

    这间卧室细致入微地再现了房间的原貌，模仿之细甚至连墙纸的图案和梳妆台上的发刷都一模一样。

  • down for

    1. 被安排做 , 将发生

    If someone or something is down for a particular thing, it has been arranged that they will do that thing, or that thing will happen.

    双语例句

    例：

    Mark had told me that he was down for an interview.

    马克已经告诉我他有个采访。

  • down with

    1. 打倒

    If people shout 'down with' something or someone, they are saying that they dislike them and want to get rid of them.

    双语例句

    例：

    Demonstrators chanted 'down with the rebels'.

    游行的人群高呼“打倒叛乱分子！”

    PREP. 介词
  • 1. 沿…而下

    To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go towards the ground or to a lower level.

    双语例句

    例：

    We're going down a mountain.

    我们向山下走去。

    例：

    A man came down the stairs to meet them.

    一个男人走下台阶迎接他们。

    2. 在…下方

    If you are a particular distance down something, you are that distance below the top or surface of it.

    双语例句

    例：

    He managed to cling on to a ledge 40 feet down the rock face.

    他设法抓住了岩面下方40英尺处的岩脊。

    3. 沿着

    If you go or look down something such as a road or river, you go or look along it. If you are down a road or river, you are somewhere along it.

    双语例句

    例：

    They set off at a jog up one street and down another.

    他们沿着一条又一条街道慢跑。

    VERB. 动词

  • downs , downing , downed

    1. [T 及物动词] 吃下 , 喝下

    If you say that someone downs food or a drink, you mean that they eat or drink it.

    近义词

    consume

    双语例句

    例：

    We downed bottles of local wine.

    我们喝了好几瓶本地酒。

    2. [T 及物动词] 击落

    If something or someone is downed, they fall to the ground because they have been hurt or damaged in some way.

    双语例句

    例：

    A couple of jet fighters were downed during the five-week rebellion.

    在为期5周的叛乱期间，有几架喷气式战斗机被击落。

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