down
adverb/daʊn/
/daʊn/
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下来。
- She jumped down off the chair.
- from a standing position to a sitting or lying position
（坐、倒、躺）下 - Please sit down.
请坐。 - He had to go and lie down for a while.
他不得不去躺一会儿。
- Please sit down.
- 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- Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.
去年牛津的汽车犯罪显著下降。
- Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.
- 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。
- Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.
- 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%。
- The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.
- According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.
数据显示，有 780 辆汽车被盗，比上年减少 26%。
- According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.
- There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.
报告的机动车辆盗窃案下降了 11%，从 1 971 起下降到 1 737 起。
- There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.
- 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。
- These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.
- Prices have gone down recently.
- 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 - Turn the music down!
把音乐声关小点！ - The class settled down and she began the lesson.
全班安静下来她便开始上课了。
- Turn the music down!
- on paper; on a list
（写）在纸上；（列）在表格上 - Did you get that down?
你写下来了吗？ - I always write everything down.
我不管什么事情都记下来。 - Have you got me down for the trip?
你把我列入这次旅行的名单了吗？
- Did you get that down?
- (in a crossword) reading from top to bottom, not from side to side
由上至下 - I can't do 3 down.
我填不出第 3 个竖行。
- I can't do 3 down.
- to or in the south of a country
向南方；在南方 - They flew down to Texas.
他们乘飞机南下去得克萨斯州了。 - Houses are more expensive down south.
南边的房屋价格要贵些。
- They flew down to Texas.
- 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.
我们总部的人下来了。 - (British English) Her daughter's down from Oxford (= Oxford University) for the holidays.
她的女儿从牛津（=牛津大学）来度假。
- We've got people from the head office coming down.
- 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 - Everyone will be there, from the Principal down.
从校长下至每个人都将到场。
- Everyone will be there, from the Principal down.
- having lost the amount of money mentioned
失去（钱数） - At the end of the day we were £20 down.
一天下来我们少了 20 英镑。
- At the end of the day we were £20 down.
- 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！
- Well, I've seen six apartments so far. That's six down and four to go!
- (informal) 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） - I'm just going down to the post office.
我正要到邮局去。 - I saw him down at the shops.
我刚才看到他在那边的商店里。
- I'm just going down to the post office.
- used to tell an animal or person to sit or lie
（命令动物或人）坐下，躺下 - ‘Down, boy!’ she laughed as the dog jumped up to greet her.
“趴下，孩子！”狗跳起来迎接她时，她笑道。
- ‘Down, boy!’ she laughed as the dog jumped up to greet her.
Word Originadverb Old English dūn, dūne, shortened from adūne ‘downward’, from the phrase of dūne ‘off the hill’.
Idioms
be down to somebody
- (informal) to be the responsibility of somebody
（责任）落在…身上；由…负担 - It's down to you to check the door.
检查门是否关好是你的事。
- It's down to you to check the door.
be down to somebody/something
- to be caused by a particular person or thing
由…引起（或造成） - She claimed her problems were down to the media.
她声称她的问题是媒体造成的。
- She claimed her problems were down to the media.
be down to something
- to have only a little money left
只剩下（一点儿钱） - I'm down to my last dollar.
我只剩下最后一美元了。
- I'm down to my last dollar.
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；不择手段 - The candidate again got down and dirty with his rival.
这名候选人再一次用下作的手段对付他的竞争对手。 - The online campaign was getting down and dirty.
网上活动变得越来越肮脏。
- The candidate again got down and dirty with his rival.
- rude and making you feel shocked
粗鲁无礼；行为不端 - 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行为不端，又上了报纸头条。 - The singers are a down-and-dirty duo from Ohio.
这对歌手是一对来自俄亥俄州的颓废二人组。
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
- The singer got down and dirty at the club last night and made headlines again.
down through something
- (formal) during a long period of time
在（相当长的一段）时间内 - Down through the years this town has seen many changes.
多年来这座城镇发生了许多变化。
- Down through the years this town has seen many changes.
down to the last, smallest, final, etc. something
- including every small part or detail of something
非常详尽地 - She organized everything down to the last detail.
她每件事情都安排得滴水不漏。
- She organized everything down to the last detail.
down under
- (informal) to or in Australia and/or New Zealand
到，向，在（澳大利亚和／或新西兰）
down with somebody/something
- used to say that you are opposed to something, or to a person
打倒 - The crowds chanted ‘Down with NATO!’
人群有节奏地反复高喊“打倒北约！”
- The crowds chanted ‘Down with NATO!’
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，为人处世还不够练达沉稳。 - 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音乐，我们有两周的时间来记下来。 - It looked easy once you got the system down.
一旦你关闭了系统，这看起来很容易。
- She's young and she hasn't really got it down yet.
you can’t keep a good man down
- (saying) 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