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PREP
往…的下端;向…的底部
To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go towards the ground or to a lower level.
例句
We're going down a mountain...
我們正在下山。
A man came down the stairs to meet them...
一名男子下樓來迎接他們。
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PREP
在…之下
If you are a particular distance down something, you are that distance below the top or surface of it.
例句
He managed to cling on to a ledge 40ft down the rock face...
他設法緊緊地攀在了距巖壁頂端 40 英尺的巖礁上。
The union leader was last night staging a protest vigil 400 yards down a mineshaft.
昨晚工會領袖在 400 碼深的礦井下舉行了徹夜的抗議活動。
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ADV
往下;向下;朝下
You use down to say that you are looking or facing in a direction that is towards the ground or towards a lower level.
例句
She was still looking down at her papers...
她仍低頭看著文件。
She put her head down, her hands over her face...
她低下頭，雙手掩面。
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ADV
(放)下
If you put something down, you put it onto a surface.
例句
Danny put down his glass...
丹尼放下了玻璃杯。
After two rings I put down the phone...
響了兩聲后，我放下了電話。
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PREP
沿;循;順
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.
例句
They set off at a jog up one street and down another...
他們開始沿著一條又一條的街道慢跑。
Karl looked down the street...
卡爾朝街尾看了看。
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ADV
(尤指往南方或往地勢低的地方)往，朝
If you are travelling to a particular place, you can say that you are going down to that place, especially if you are going towards the south or to a lower level of land.
例句
I went down to L.A. all the way from Seattle...
我從西雅圖一路南下到洛杉磯。
I have seen him walking down to the shops a mile or so away...
我看見他朝大約一英里以外的商店走去了。
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PREP
在(某處);前往（某地）
If you are down a place, you are at that place. If you go down a place, you go to that place. Some people consider this to be non-standard.
例句
People are down the pub, getting drunk...
人們在酒吧，喝得爛醉。
We got in the car and went down the supermarket and started buying food.
我們上車前往超市，然后開始購買食物。
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ADV
向較低水平;下降;下跌
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.
例句
Interest rates came down today...
今天利率下調了。
Inflation will be down to three percent...
通貨膨脹率將降到 3%。
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PHRASE
已處理的及尚未完成的
If you say that there are a number of things down and a number to go, you are saying how many of the things have already been dealt with and how many remain to be dealt with.
例句
Thirteen months down, twenty-four years to go.
過去了 13 個月，還有 24 年。
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PREP-PHRASE
下至;直至
Down to a particular detail means including everything, even that detail. Down to a particular person means including everyone, even that person.
例句
I was a soldier down to my shoelaces.
我是名不折不扣的軍人。
...from the chairman right down to the tea ladies.
上至主席下至上茶女侍
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PREP-PHRASE
只剩下
If you are down to a certain amount of something, you have only that amount left.
例句
The poor man's down to his last ￡3.
那個可憐的人身上只剩 3 英鎊了。
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PREP-PHRASE
由…引起(或造成)
If a situation is down to a particular person or thing, it has been caused by that person or thing.
例句
Any mistakes are entirely down to us...
任何過錯全是我們造成的。
That's down to pure hard work.
那些全是憑辛苦的勞動得來的。
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PREP-PHRASE
已安排…的;要做…的;將發生…的
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.
例句
Mark had told me that he was down for an interview.
馬克已告訴我他要參加一場面試。
...derelict houses that were down for demolition.
將要拆除的廢棄房屋
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PREP-PHRASE
患（病）;得（病）
If you are down with an illness, you have that illness.
例句
One of the office girls was down with the flu.
一位女職員得了流感。
...a little girl down with that nasty bout of measles.
在麻疹肆虐時染病的小女孩
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PREP-PHRASE
支付（部分款項）
If you pay money down on something, you pay part of the money you owe for it.
例句
He paid 20 percent down.
他付了 20% 的錢款。
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PHRASE
打倒;推翻
If people shout 'down with' something or someone, they are saying that they dislike them and want to get rid of them.
例句
Demonstrators chanted 'down with the rebels'.
示威者高呼“打倒叛徒”。
Noun
1. soft fine feathers
2. (American football) a complete play to advance the football;
"you have 4 downs to gain 10 yards"3. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
4. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
Verb
1. drink down entirely;
"He downed three martinis before dinner""She killed a bottle of brandy that night""They popped a few beer after work"2. eat immoderately;
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"3. bring down or defeat (an opponent)
4. shoot at and force to come down;
"the enemy landed several of our aircraft"5. cause to come or go down;
"The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect""The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"6. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing;
"refine one's style of writing"Adjective
1. being or moving lower in position or less in some value;
"lay face down""the moon is down""our team is down by a run""down by a pawn""the stock market is down today"2. becoming progressively lower;
"the down trend in the real estate market"3. understood perfectly;
"had his algebra problems down"4. extending or moving from a higher to a lower place;
"the down staircase""the downward course of the stream"5. out;
"two down in the last of the ninth"6. lower than previously;
"the market is depressed""prices are down"7. shut;
"the shades were down"8. cut down;
"the tree is down"9. not functioning (temporarily or permanently);
"we can't work because the computer is down"10. low in spirits;
"lonely and blue in a strange city""depressed by the loss of his job""a dispirited and resigned expression on her face""downcast after his defeat""feeling discouraged and downhearted"11. the fractional price paid in cash at time of purchase;
"the down payment""a payment of $200 down"Adverb
1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position;
"don't fall down""rode the lift up and skied down""prices plunged downward"2. away from a more central or a more northerly place;
"was sent down to work at the regional office""worked down on the farm""came down for the wedding""flew down to Florida"3. paid in cash at time of purchase;
"put ten dollars down on the necklace"4. from an earlier time;
"the story was passed down from father to son"5. to a lower intensity;
"he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"6. in an inactive or inoperative state;
"the factory went down during the strike""the computer went down again"