- 早晨(起床)下楼：
Jack is down. Let's have our breakfast.
杰克起床下楼了，让我们吃早饭吧。
- (价格)跌落；(数量)下降，降低， 减少：
The price of food should be down next month.
食品价格下月会下跌。
- 较少；较小：
Unemployment figures are down this year compared with last year.
今年失业人数比去年少。
- 缺乏，欠缺：
I've checked the bookshelf and we're five books down
我查了查书架，我们少了5本书。
- 生病；(情绪)低落：
Mother is down with flu.
母亲患流感病倒了。
She's a bit down this morning.
今天上午她情绪有点低落。
- 写下，记下，记录；记载：
The date of the next meeting was down in my diary.
我的日记本记下了下次会议的日期。
- 毕业离校(尤指牛津、剑桥大学)(from):
His daughter is just down from Cambridge.
他女儿刚从剑桥大学毕业。
- (轮胎)放气：
The back tyre of my bicycle is down.
我的自行车后胎没气了。
- 失败：
Tom was down again in his examination.
汤姆考试又不及格。