/daʊnˈhɪl/1
- towards the bottom of a slope向坡下, 向山下：
he ran downhill
他奔下山去
follow the road downhill.
沿着这条路下山。
1.1
- figurative into a steadily worsening situation〈喻〉走下坡路地; 情况逐渐恶化：
her marriage continued to slide downhill.
她的婚姻情况继续恶化。
/ˈdaʊnhɪl/1
- leading down towards the bottom of a slope下山的, 下坡的, 向下的：
the route is downhill for part of the way.
这条路的部分路段是下坡路。
1.1
- of or relating to the sport of skiing downhill速降滑雪的：
the world downhill champion.
世界速降滑雪赛冠军。
1.2
- figurative leading to a steadily worsening situation〈喻〉走下坡路的, 衰落的, 恶化的：
the downhill road to delinquency.
少年犯罪问题的日益严重。
1.3
- without difficulty or challenge不难的, 不费力的：
we can take the easy road, the downhill road, or we can put America on the path to greatness again.
我们可以走坦途, 一条不费力的路, 或者说我们可以使美国重新踏上伟大之路。
/ˈdaʊnhɪl/
1
- a downward slope下坡。
2
- Skiing a downhill race【滑雪】速降滑雪, 滑降比赛。
2.1
- mass noun the activity of downhill skiing.速降滑雪, 滑降。
短语
be downhill all the way
1
- be easy in comparison with what came before（和先前之事相比）容易, 顺风顺水：
two-nil up - it should have been downhill all the way.
以二比零领先——接下来本可以一帆风顺了。
2
- become worse or less successful恶化; 每况愈下：
that had been the start of the present trouble - downhill all the way since then.
现在的麻烦就是这样开始的, 而且自那以后越来越糟。
go downhill
- become worse; deteriorate走下坡路; 变坏, 恶化：
the business is going downhill fast.
生意在迅速下滑。