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down DISTANTdaJnadv [not gradable]used, esp. with prepositions, to emphasize that a place is distant from the speaker or from somewhere considered to be central(与介词连用强调)在偏僻的或远的地方I'll meet you down at the club after work.我下班后在俱乐部与你碰头。He has a house down by the harbour.他在港口那边有一幢房子。My parents live down in Worcestershire, but they come up to London occasionally.我的父母住在伍斯特郡,但他们有时来伦敦。I'll buy it when I go down to the shops later today.今天稍晚我去商店的时候,我会买的。[DOWN TO]Down can also mean in or towards the south.到南方;在南方Things are much more expensive down (in the) south.在南方,东西要贵得多。How often do you come down to Cornwall?你隔多久去一次康沃尔?Down our way (= In the (distant) place where we live) people don't take much interest in politics.在我们这个偏僻的地方,人们对政治不太感兴趣。
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