hand down

• • 留传，把…传给(后代)；传给年龄小的孩子：

    The house was handed down to my elder brother.

    那所房子传给了我哥哥。

    When we were young, clothes might be handed down from one to the next.

    在我们小时候，我们衣服往往是老大传给老二，老二再传给老三。

  • 把…往下递；搀扶…下去：

    We handed the old father down the bus.

    我们把老爷爷搀下了公共汽车。

  • [美国英语]正式宣布，颁布：

    Another war declaration was handed down by the government.

    政府又颁布了另一项战争宣言。

  • 【法律】宣判，判处(罪犯)徒刑：

    He was handed down a verdict of “not guilty” and set free.

    他被判无罪并获准释放。