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down LOWER LEVELdaJnadv, adj [not gradable]in or towards a lower place or level, a smaller amount or a simpler state向下;减少;使简单The pay offer is 2% down (Br and Aus) on/from last year.所建议的工资比去年低２%。Milan were three goals down (= losing by three goals) at half-time.中场的时候，米兰输了3个球。The number of students in full-time education in the town has gone down from 5000 last year to 4800.城里全日制学生的数量从去年的5000下降到4800。When the rescue party found her after two weeks of searching, she was down to her last bar of chocolate (= that was all she had left).救援队伍搜索了两星期才找到她，那时她只剩下最后一块巧克力了。In an hour of bargaining, we got the price down (from ￡300) to ￡95.经过一小时的讨价还价，我们终于把价格（从300英镑）压到了95英镑。Well, if I bring it down to its simplest level (= explain it simply), the sun is just a huge nuclear reactor.好吧，用最简单的话说，太阳就是一个巨大的核反应堆。Down is used with a lot of verbs to show that something is becoming smaller, weaker, slower, etc.（与动词连用）表变小;变弱;变慢等Let the fire burn down (= become smaller).让火慢慢地熄灭吧。She's slimmed down a lot in the past few months.近几个月来，她日渐消瘦。Could you turn the music down a little (= make it quieter), please?请把音乐开小点，好吗?This drink has been watered down--it's got no flavour.这种饮料已经掺过水了----它简直没味道。(infml) If you are down on someone, you criticize them.批评;对…不满It's not fair of the boss to be so down on a new employee.老板这样批评一个新来的员工，很不公平。If you come/go down with an illness, you start to suffer from it.有病;生病Half the people in the office have gone down with this bug that's going around.办公室里有一半的人感染了这种到处传播的病毒。She won't be at work today--she's down with (= suffering from) flu.她今天不来上班----她得了流行性感冒。If you say that someone has come/gone down in the world, you mean that they have lost the money and higher social rank that they used to have.走下坡路;失势Fancy her taking a job like that--she's certainly come down in the world!真奇怪，她会做那样的工作----她一定是失势了。What the problem comes down to (= can be reduced to in its simplest form) is "Will the consumer be willing to pay more for a higher quality product?"这个问题可以概括为“顾客是否愿意出更多的钱购买质量更高的商品?”If something (Br) is down to/(Am and Aus) comes down to a particular person or organization, it is their responsibility, fault, choice or decision.由某人（或某组织机构）负责We've done all we can--it's all down to you now to make it work.我们能做的都做了----接着该由你们使它运作起来。I'm sure the problem is down to (= caused by) her inexperience, not any lack of intelligence.我想问题的产生是因为她缺少经验，而不是不够聪明。Well, there are ten lectures in total and we've been to two now, so that's two down, eight to go (= two that have happened already and eight that are left).一共有10次讲座，我们现在已去了2次，那么去掉2次还有8次。A down-and-out is a person who has no job or home and is unlikely to get either of these.无家无钱;穷困潦倒I met up with a real down-and-out who's been sleeping on the streets for 20 years.我遇上了一个真正穷困潦倒的人，他在街上已经睡了20年。Nobody loves you when you're down and out.要是你无家无钱，没有人会爱你。Someone or something that is (Br and Aus) down-at-heel/(Am) down-at-the-heel is poorly dressed or in bad condition, because of a lack of money.邋遢的;褴褛的She had a decidedly down-at-heel appearance.她确实外表邋遢。He worked in a down-at-heel, decaying 1930s office block.他在一幢脏脏的、破败的30年代的办公楼里工作。Someone or something that is down-to-earth is practical, direct or ordinary.务实的;现实的;朴实的She's a down-to-earth sort of woman with no pretensions.她是那种毫不做作的、朴实的女人。Surely there's a more down-to-earth explanation than black magic?一定有比巫术更为现实的解释。
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