Among public colleges and universities, the number drops to roughly one in 10.
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學(xué)習(xí)詞典釋義
V-ERG
（使）降低;（使）下降;（使）減少
If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less.
例句
Temperatures can drop to freezing at night...夜間溫度可能會降到零度以下。Once the rate rises it never drops back to its previous level...一旦價格上去了就再也不會降到以前的水平了。
VERB
(意外地)使掉下,使落下
If you drop something, you accidentally let it fall.
例句
I dropped my glasses and broke them.我不小心把眼鏡掉下來摔碎了。
VERB
掉到…上;從…上掉落
If something drops onto something else, it falls onto that thing. If something drops from somewhere, it falls from that place.
例句
He felt hot tears dropping onto his fingers...他感覺到熱淚掉到他的手指上。Burning embers started dropping from the ceiling...余火未盡的木塊開始從天花板上往下掉。
V-ERG
投下;丟下;扔下;掉下
If you drop something somewhere or if it drops there, you deliberately let it fall there.
例句
Drop the noodles into the water...將面條下到水里。He dropped his plate into the sink.他把盤子丟到水槽里。
V-ERG
(疲憊地)垂下,低垂,垂落
If a person or a part of their body drops to a lower position, or if they drop a part of their body to a lower position, they move to that position, often in a tired and lifeless way.
例句
Nancy dropped into a nearby chair...南希疲憊地癱坐到近處的椅子上。She let her head drop...她低垂著頭。
VERB
累倒;累垮
To drop is used in expressions such as to be about to drop and to dance until you drop to emphasize that you are exhausted and can no longer continue doing something.
例句
She looked about to drop...她看上去快要累垮了。You have to run until you drop.一直跑到你跑不動為止。
VERB
(開玩笑或不雅地)脫掉（褲子）
If a man drops his trousers, he pulls them down, usually as a joke or to be rude.
例句
A couple of boozy revellers dropped their trousers.兩名醉酒的狂歡者脫掉了他們的褲子。
V-ERG
(使)(聲音)降低,壓低
If your voice drops or if you drop your voice, you speak more quietly.
例句
Her voice will drop to a dismissive whisper...她會把聲音壓低，輕蔑地低語。He dropped his voice and glanced round at the door.他放低了聲音，在門口環(huán)視了一下。
VERB
中途放下（某人）;中途卸下（某物）
If you drop someone or something somewhere, you take them somewhere and leave them there, usually in a car or other vehicle.
例句
He dropped me outside the hotel...他把我送到了酒店。Many children had been dropped at the stadium by their parents...很多孩子被家長送到了體育館。
VERB
停止;終止;放棄
If you drop an idea, course of action, or habit, you do not continue with it.
例句
He was told to drop the idea...他被告知要打消那個主意。The prosecution was forced to drop the case...控方被迫撤訴。
VERB
(運動隊或組織)把…除名
If someone is dropped by a sports team or organization, they are no longer included in that team or employed by that organization.
例句
The country's captain was dropped from the tour party to England.該國的國家隊隊長無緣英格蘭之行。
VERB
輸?shù)?/div>
If you drop a game or part of a game in a sports competition, you lose it.
例句
Oremans has yet to drop a set.奧爾曼斯還一局未輸。
VERB
(在比賽中)排位退后
If you drop to a lower position in a sports competition, you move to that position.
例句
Britain has dropped from second to third place in the league.英國在聯(lián)賽中的排名從第二位降到了第三位。
N-COUNT
滴;少量;微量;一點點
A drop of a liquid is a very small amount of it shaped like a little ball. In informal English, you can also use drop when you are referring to a very small amount of something such as a drink.
例句
...a drop of blue ink...一滴藍墨水Add the cream a few drops at a time...每次加幾滴奶油。
N-PLURAL
滴劑
Drops are a kind of medicine which you put drop by drop into your ears, eyes, or nose.
例句
...eye drops.眼藥水
N-COUNT
(水果味或巧克力味的)糖豆，糖果粒
Fruit or chocolate drops are small round sweets with a fruit or chocolate flavour.
N-COUNT
落差;垂直距離;下降距離
You use drop to talk about vertical distances. For example, a thirty-foot drop is a distance of thirty feet between the top of a cliff or wall and the bottom of it.
例句
There was a sheer drop just outside my window...我的窗外就是垂直深淵。It's only a four-foot drop.僅有 4 英尺的落差。
PHRASE
隨口說出;給出暗示
If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
例句
If I drop a few hints he might give me a cutting.如果我給點暗示，他沒準會送我一段插枝。
PHRASE
(常指因不喜歡而讓別人)終止談?wù)?，不要談?wù)?，談到此為?/div>
If you want someone to drop the subject ,drop it, or let it drop, you want them to stop talking about something, often because you are annoyed that they keep talking about it.
例句
Mary Ann wished he would just drop it...瑪麗·安希望他就不要談?wù)撍恕?/i>
Does that mean you're going to drop the subject?那是不是意味著你將不再談?wù)撃莻€話題了？