Down is often used with verbs of movement, such as ‘fall’ and ‘pull’, and also in phrasal verbs such as ‘bring down’ and ‘calm down’.
down 常与 fall,pull 等表示动作的动词连用,也用于 bring down, calm down 等短语动词中。
1PREP 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. 往…的下端;向…的底部
We're going down a mountain.
我们正在下山。
A man came down the stairs to meet them.
一名男子下楼来迎接他们。
The tears began flooding down her cheeks.
眼泪开始顺着她的脸颊滚落下来。
Down is also an adverb.
She went down to the kitchen again.
她又去了下面的厨房。
She sat on the window seat until they climbed down from the roof.
她坐在靠窗的座位上,直到他们从屋顶爬下来。
I saw her push the boulder down on you.
我看见她将巨石推下砸向你。
Any unauthorized war planes flying in the area are to be shot down.
任何未经允许飞入该地区的战斗机都将被击落。
2PREP 在…之下 If you are a particular distance down something, you are that distance below the top or surface of it. 在…之下
He managed to cling on to a ledge 40ft down the rock face.
他设法紧紧地攀在了距岩壁顶端 40 英尺的岩礁上。
The union leader was last night staging a protest vigil 400 yards down a mineshaft.
昨晚工会领袖在 400 码深的矿井下举行了彻夜的抗议活动。
Down is also an adverb.
For the last 18 months miners have cut a face to develop a new shaft 400 metres down.
在过去的 18 个月中,矿工在距地面 400 米处挖了一个采掘面来修建新的矿井。
3ADV [ADVERB after verb]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. 往下;向下;朝下
She was still looking down at her papers.
她仍低头看着文件。
She put her head down, her hands over her face.
她低下头,双手掩面。
He bent down and picked up a rock.
他弯下腰捡起一块石头。
4ADV [ADVERB after verb](放)下 If you put something down, you put it onto a surface. (放)下
Danny put down his glass.
丹尼放下了玻璃杯。
After two rings I put down the phone.
响了两声后,我放下了电话。
He laid his knife down.
他放下刀。
5PREP 沿;循;顺 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. 沿;循;顺
They set off at a jog up one street and down another.
他们开始沿着一条又一条的街道慢跑。
Karl looked down the street.
卡尔朝街尾看了看。
She lives a few miles down the road at Burnham.
她住在伯汉姆,顺着路走几英里远。
...sailing down the river on a barge.
乘驳船向河的下游航行
SYN along, to the other end of, throughout the length of, from one end to the other of
6ADV [ADVERB after verb](尤指往南方或往地势低的地方)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. (尤指往南方或往地势低的地方)往,朝 [spoken]
I went down to L.A. all the way from Seattle.
我从西雅图一路南下到洛杉矶。
I have seen him walking down to the shops a mile or so away.
我看见他朝大约一英里以外的商店走去了。
I'll take you back down to the valley.
我会带你返回下面的山谷里。
...holidaymakers coming down here in the summer.
夏天来这里的度假者
7PREP [verb-link PREPOSITION n, verb PREPOSITION n]在(某处);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. 在(某处);前往(某地) [British, informal]
People are down the pub, getting drunk.
人们在酒吧,喝得烂醉。
We got in the car and went down the supermarket and started buying food.
我们上车前往超市,然后开始购买食物。
8ADV [ADVERB after verb] [beADVERB]向较低水平;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. 向较低水平;下降;下跌
Interest rates came down today.
今天利率下调了。
Inflation will be down to three percent.
通货膨胀率将降到 3%。
My weight went down to seventy pounds.
我的体重减到了 70 磅。
My department had a healthy interest in keeping expenses down.
我部门对维持低水平开支有浓厚兴趣。
The Dow Jones industrial average is down 5 points at 2,913.
道琼斯工业平均指数下跌了 5 个点,收于 2,913 点。
...with hotel occupation down by around half.
随着酒店入住率下降了大约一半
9PHRASE 已处理的及尚未完成的 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. 已处理的及尚未完成的
Thirteen months down, twenty-four years to go.
过去了 13 个月,还有 24 年。
10PREP-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. 下至;直至
I was a soldier down to my shoelaces.
我是名不折不扣的军人。
...from the chairman right down to the tea ladies.
上至主席下至上茶女侍
11PREP-PHRASE 只剩下 If you are down to a certain amount of something, you have only that amount left. 只剩下
The poor man's down to his last £3.
那个可怜的人身上只剩 3 英镑了。
12PREP-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. 由…引起(或造成) [mainly British]
Any mistakes are entirely down to us.
任何过错全是我们造成的。
That's down to pure hard work.
那些全是凭辛苦的劳动得来的。
13PREP-PHRASE 已安排…的;要做…的;将发生…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. 已安排…的;要做…的;将发生…的
Mark had told me that he was down for an interview.
马克已告诉我他要参加一场面试。
...derelict houses that were down for demolition.
将要拆除的废弃房屋
14PREP-PHRASE 患(病);得(病) If you are down with an illness, you have that illness. 患(病);得(病) [informal]
One of the office girls was down with the flu.
一位女职员得了流感。
...a little girl down with that nasty bout of measles.
18PHRASE 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. 打倒;推翻 [spoken, disapproval]
Demonstrators chanted 'down with the rebels'.
示威者高呼“打倒叛徒”。
19up and down→see: up ups and downs→see: up down in the dumps→see: dump
2ADJ [verb-link ADJ]写下的;记下的 If something is down on paper, it has been written on the paper. 写下的;记下的
That date wasn't down on our news sheet. [+ on]
那个日期没有刊在我们的通讯简报上。
3ADJ [verb-link ADJ](尤指电脑)死机的,发生故障的 If a piece of equipment, especially a computer system, is down, it is temporarily not working because of a fault. (尤指电脑)死机的,发生故障的