go down

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go down

if the price of something, the temperature, etc. goes down, it becomes lower（物价等）下跌；（温度等）下降 synonym fall
- The price of oil is going down.油价正在下跌。
- Oil is going down in price.油价正在下跌。
opposite go up (1)Topics Moneya2
to fall to the ground倒下；落下；倒在地上
- She tripped and went down with a bump.她绊了一下，重重地倒在地上。
if a ship, etc. goes down, it disappears below the water（船等）下沉，沉没 synonym sink
when the sun or moon goes down, it disappears below the horizon（日、月）落到地平线下，落下 synonym setTopics Spacec1
if food or drink will/will not go down, it is easy/difficult to swallow（食物、饮料）被吞下，被咽下，被喝下
- A glass of wine would go down very nicely (= I would very much like one).喝一杯葡萄酒就太痛快了。
(informal) to get worse in quality（质量）下降
- The neighbourhood has gone down a lot recently.近来这一带地方已远不如从前了。
(computing计算机) to stop working temporarily暂停作业；暂停运行
- The system is going down in ten minutes.这个系统十分钟后要暂停运行。
(North American English, informal) to happen发生
- You really don't know what's going down?你真的不知道发生了什么事？
(British English, informal) to be sent to prison发生
- She went down for ten years.她堕落了十年。

go down (from…)

(British English, formal) to leave a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the end of a term or after finishing your studies（大学学期结束或毕业时）离校（尤指牛津或剑桥）
- She went down (from Cambridge) in 2018.她于2018年从剑桥大学毕业。
opposite go up (to…)

go down (in something)

to be written in something; to be recorded or remembered in something被写下；被记下；载入
- It all goes down (= she writes it all) in her notebook.那些东西全记在她的笔记本上。
- He will go down in history as a great statesman.他将作为伟大的政治家名垂青史。

go down (on somebody)

(slang) to perform oral sex on somebody (= to use the mouth to give somebody sexual pleasure)（为某人）进行口交

go down (to somebody)

to be defeated by somebody, especially in a game or competition（尤指游戏或比赛中）被击败
- Italy went down to Brazil by three goals to one.意大利队以一比三输给了巴西队。

go down (to…) (from…)

to go from one place to another, especially further south or from a city or large town to a smaller place（从一处）到（另一处）（尤指南下或从城市、大城镇到小地方）
- They've gone down to Brighton for a couple of days.他们已南下到布赖顿去待几天。
opposite go up (to…) (from…)

go down (with somebody)

(also go over (with somebody) especially in North American English)

to be received in a particular way by somebody受到（某人的…）对待；被接受
- The suggestion didn't go down very well with her boss.她的老板对这个建议不太感兴趣。
- The novel went down well with the public.这部小说获得公众欢迎。

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