1 ADV [ADVERB after verb, be ADVERB] 向山下;在山下 If something or someone is moving downhill or is downhill, they are moving down a slope or are located towards the bottom of a hill. 向山下;在山下 [Also + from]
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He headed downhill towards the river.
他朝山下的河流走去。
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The lake itself lies only a few hundred yards off to your right and slightly downhill.
湖本身就在你右侧仅几百码的地方，稍微向山下走几步。
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It was a clearing just downhill from a peak of eight thousand feet.
那片空地就在8,000英尺高的山峰下。
Downhill is also an adjective.
2 ADV [ADVERB after verb] 走下坡路地;恶化地;每况愈下 If you say that something is going downhill, you mean that it is becoming worse or less successful. 走下坡路地;恶化地;每况愈下
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Since I started to work longer hours things have gone steadily downhill.
自从我开始加班以来，事情日趋恶化。
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For the movie business, it was all downhill from there.
电影业从那时就开始完全走下坡路了。
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His career was heading downhill fast.
他的事业迅速下滑。
3 ADJ [verb-link ADJ] (与前段时间相比)容易的 If you say that a task or situation is downhill after a particular stage or time, you mean that it is easy to deal with after that stage or time. (与前段时间相比)容易的
| Word Link | down ≈ below, lower : downcast, downfall, downhill |
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