down
adverb For the special uses of down in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example climb down is in the phrasal verb section at climb.Idioms-
to or at a lower place or position 向下；朝下；在下面 She jumped down off the chair. 她跳下椅子。 He looked down at her. 他低头看着她。 We watched as the sun went down. 我们看着夕阳西沉。 She bent down to pick up her glove. 她俯身去捡手套。 Mary's not down yet (= she is still upstairs). 玛丽还没下楼呢。 The baby can't keep any food down (= in her body). 这婴儿吃什么吐什么。 I stuck the label down with sellotape. 我用透明胶带把标签粘住了。
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from a standing position to a sitting or lying position （坐、倒、躺）下 -
at a lower level or rate 在较低水平；下降；下跌 Prices have gone down recently. 最近物价下降了。 We're already two goals down (= the other team has two goals more). 我们已落后对方两球。
Language Bank fallfallDescribing a decrease 描述下降 Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year. 去年牛津的汽车犯罪显著下降。
Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period. 12 个月内汽车犯罪下降了约四分之一。
The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent. 被盗汽车数量从 1 013 辆减少到 780 辆，下降了 26%。
According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year. 根据这一数据，共有780辆汽车被盗，同比下降26%。
There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737. 汽车盗窃案的报案数量下降了11%，从1 971起下降到1 737起。
These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards. 这些数据表明，就汽车犯罪而言，大趋势是下降的。
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used to show that the amount or strength of something is lower, or that there is less activity （数量、力量、活动等）减少，减弱，降低 -
on paper; on a list （写）在纸上；（列）在表格上 (in a crossword 纵横填字游戏 reading from top to bottom, not from side to side 由上至下 to or in the south of a country 向南方；在南方 from an important or famous place, especially a large city, to a smaller or less famous place 下： 从重要或著名的地方，尤其是大城市，到较小或不太著名的地方We've got people from the head office coming down. 总部的人来了。 - (British English)
Her daughter's down from Oxford (= Oxford University) for the holidays. 她女儿从牛津大学来度假。
used to show the limits in a range or an order （表示范围或顺序的限度）下至，直至 having lost the amount of money mentioned 失去（钱数） if you pay an amount of money down, you pay that to start with, and the rest later （钱）先付，预付 - (informal)
used to say how far you have got in a list of things you have to do 已完成数量（或进度） Well, I've seen six apartments so far. That's six down and four to go! 好啦，到目前为止我已看了六套公寓房。看完六套还有四套要去看呢！
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to or at a local place such as a shop, pub, etc. 到，去，在（当地的商店、酒馆等地方） used to tell an animal or person to sit or lie （表示范围或顺序的限度）下至，直至 ‘Down, boy!’ she laughed as the dog jumped up to greet her. “趴下，孩子，”。当狗跳起来迎接她的时候，她笑了。
Word Originadverb Old English dūn, dūne, shortened from adūne ‘downward’, from the phrase of dūne ‘off the hill’.
Idioms
be down to somebody
be down to somebody/something
be down to something
be/go down with something
to have or catch an illness 患…病；得…病
down and dirty (North American English, informal)
behaving in an unfair or aggressive way, especially because you want to win 卑鄙无耻地；不择手段地 rude and making you feel shocked 粗鲁无礼地；恶劣地 The singer got down and dirty at the club last night and made headlines again. 这个歌手昨晚在俱乐部的无耻行为使他又上了报纸的头条。 The singers are a down-and-dirty duo from Ohio. 这些歌手是来自俄亥俄州的一对不入流的组合。
More Like This Alliteration in idiomsAlliteration in idioms- belt and braces
- black and blue
- born and bred
- chalk and cheese
- chop and change
- done and dusted
- down and dirty
- in dribs and drabs
- eat somebody out of house and home
- facts and figures
- fast and furious
- first and foremost
- forgive and forget
- hale and hearty
- hem and haw
- kith and kin
- mix and match
- part and parcel
- puff and pant
- to rack and ruin
- rant and rave
- risk life and limb
- short and sweet
- signed and sealed
- spic and span
- through thick and thin
- this and that
- top and tail
- tried and tested
- wax and wane
down through something
down to the last, smallest, final, etc. something
down under
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to or in Australia and/or New Zealand 到，向，在（澳大利亚和／或新西兰）
down with somebody/something
have/get something down
to be able to do something easily or well 对…游刃有余；能轻易驾驭 She's young and she hasn't really got it down yet. 她很年轻，为人处事还不够练达沉稳。 The teacher gave us the music to the song and we had two weeks to get it down. 老师给了我们这首歌的配乐，我们有两周的时间把它记下来。 It looked easy once you got the system down. 一旦你把系统关闭，它看起来很容易。
you can’t keep a good man down
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a person who is determined or wants something very much will succeed 有志者事竟成；决心大的人终有出头之日