其它 在/向地球另一边;
1. down under : 在/向地球另一边;
副词
1. Down in the valley the fog still lingers.
下面山谷里仍然雾气蒙蒙。
2. You must pay $10 down.
你必须付10美元现金。
形容词
1. Dick is feeling a bit down today.
狄克今天有点情绪低落。
指路
A:Could you tell me where (his office/ the meeting room/ the copy machine) is, please?
你能告诉我(他的办公室/会议室/复印机)在哪里吗?
B:Sure. It’s just down the hall, on the right.
当然。沿着这个厅走过去,在右边。
介词和副词用法(PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES)
1. 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.
e.g. We\'re going down a mountain...
我们正在下山。
e.g. A man came down the stairs to meet them...
一名男子下楼来迎接他们。
2. 在…之下
If you are a particular distance down something, you are that distance below the top or surface of it.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
3. 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.
e.g. She was still looking down at her papers...
她仍低头看着文件。
e.g. She put her head down, her hands over her face...
她低下头,双手掩面。
4. (放)下
If you put something down, you put it onto a surface.
e.g. Danny put down his glass...
丹尼放下了玻璃杯。
e.g. After two rings I put down the phone...
响了两声后,我放下了电话。
5. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. Karl looked down the street...
卡尔朝街尾看了看。
6. (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.
down什么意思
e.g. I went down to L.A. all the way from Seattle...
我从西雅图一路南下到洛杉矶。
e.g. 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。
7. 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.
e.g. People are down the pub, getting drunk...
人们在酒吧,喝得烂醉。
e.g. 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。
8. 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.
e.g. Interest rates came down today...
今天利率下调了。
e.g. Inflation will be down to three percent...
通货膨胀率将降到 3%。
9. 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.
e.g. Thirteen months down, twenty-four years to go.
过去了 13 个月,还有 24 年。
10. 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.
e.g. I was a soldier down to my shoelaces.
我是名不折不扣的军人。
e.g. ...from the chairman right down to the tea ladies.
上至主席下至上茶女侍
11. 只剩下
If you are down to a certain amount of something, you have only that amount left.
e.g. The poor man\'s down to his last £3.
那个可怜的人身上只剩 3 英镑了。
12. 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.
e.g. Any mistakes are entirely down to us...
任何过错全是我们造成的。
e.g. That\'s down to pure hard work.
那些全是凭辛苦的劳动得来的。
13. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...derelict houses that were down for demolition.
将要拆除的废弃房屋
14. 患(病);得(病)
If you are down with an illness, you have that illness.
down是什么意思
e.g. One of the office girls was down with the flu.
一位女职员得了流感。
e.g. ...a little girl down with that nasty bout of measles.
在麻疹肆虐时染病的小女孩
15. 支付(部分款项)
If you pay money down on something, you pay part of the money you owe for it.
e.g. He paid 20 percent down.
他付了 20% 的钱款。
16. 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.
e.g. Demonstrators chanted \'down with the rebels\'.
示威者高呼“打倒叛徒”。
17. up and down -> see up
ups and downs -> see up
down in the dumps -> see dump
介词和副词用法(PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES)
1. 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.
e.g. We\'re going down a mountain...
我们正在下山。
e.g. A man came down the stairs to meet them...
一名男子下楼来迎接他们。
2. 在…之下
If you are a particular distance down something, you are that distance below the top or surface of it.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
3. 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.
e.g. She was still looking down at her papers...
她仍低头看着文件。
e.g. She put her head down, her hands over her face...
她低下头,双手掩面。
4. (放)下
If you put something down, you put it onto a surface.
e.g. Danny put down his glass...
丹尼放下了玻璃杯。
e.g. After two rings I put down the phone...
响了两声后,我放下了电话。
5. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. Karl looked down the street...
卡尔朝街尾看了看。
6. (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.
down什么意思
e.g. I went down to L.A. all the way from Seattle...
我从西雅图一路南下到洛杉矶。
e.g. 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。
7. 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.
e.g. People are down the pub, getting drunk...
人们在酒吧,喝得烂醉。
e.g. 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。
8. 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.
e.g. Interest rates came down today...
今天利率下调了。
e.g. Inflation will be down to three percent...
通货膨胀率将降到 3%。
9. 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.
e.g. Thirteen months down, twenty-four years to go.
过去了 13 个月,还有 24 年。
10. 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.
e.g. I was a soldier down to my shoelaces.
我是名不折不扣的军人。
e.g. ...from the chairman right down to the tea ladies.
上至主席下至上茶女侍
11. 只剩下
If you are down to a certain amount of something, you have only that amount left.
e.g. The poor man\'s down to his last £3.
那个可怜的人身上只剩 3 英镑了。
12. 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.
e.g. Any mistakes are entirely down to us...
任何过错全是我们造成的。
e.g. That\'s down to pure hard work.
那些全是凭辛苦的劳动得来的。
13. 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.
e.g. 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。
e.g. ...derelict houses that were down for demolition.
将要拆除的废弃房屋
14. 患(病);得(病)
If you are down with an illness, you have that illness.
down是什么意思
e.g. One of the office girls was down with the flu.
一位女职员得了流感。
e.g. ...a little girl down with that nasty bout of measles.
在麻疹肆虐时染病的小女孩
15. 支付(部分款项)
If you pay money down on something, you pay part of the money you owe for it.
e.g. He paid 20 percent down.
他付了 20% 的钱款。
16. 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.
e.g. Demonstrators chanted \'down with the rebels\'.
示威者高呼“打倒叛徒”。
17. up and down -> see up
ups and downs -> see up
down in the dumps -> see dump