downfield
a. & adv.[美橄]在前场(的)
向前场(的)
英英解释:形容词downfield:
1. toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
副词downfield:
1. toward or in the defending team's end of the playing field
downgrade
vt. 使降低,使降级
词形变化:动词过去式:downgraded 过去分词:downgraded 现在分词:downgrading 第三人称单数:downgrades
例句与用法:1.She's been downgraded (from principal) to deputy.她已（从校长）降为副校长.
英英解释:名词downgrade:
1. the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends
动词downgrade:
1. rate lower; lower in value or esteem
downhaul
n. 收帆索,落帆索
downhearted
a. 情绪低沉的
词形变化:副词:downheartedly 名词:downheartedness
例句与用法:1.Don't be downhearted!别心灰意冷！
2.He is very downhearted about the poor grade he got in school.他对糟糕的学业成绩感到十分沮丧。
英英解释:形容词downhearted:
1. low in spirits
同义词：blue, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, down in the mouth, low, low-spirited
downhill
a. 向坡下(的),走下坡路的(地)
ad. 下坡,向下
例句与用法:1.The difficult part is learning the new computer codes after that it's all downhill.困难的部分是学会计算机的新编码--其余就轻而易举了.
2.This part of the town used to be fashionable, but it's starting to go downhill.该市这一地区一度很繁华, 如今已江河日下.
3.Business is going downhill.生意正走下坡。
4.Luckily, the car was facing downhill when it broke down, and we were able so shove it home.幸运的是，车抛锚的时候是面向下山方向的，我们能将它推回家。
英英解释:名词downhill:
1. the downward slope of a hill
2. a ski race down a trail
形容词downhill:
1. sloping down rather steeply
同义词：declivitous, downward-sloping
副词downhill:
1. toward a lower or inferior state
2. toward the bottom of a hill
downiness:
n. 软毛质(软毛状,柔软性)
英英解释:名词downiness:
1. a light softness
同义词：featheriness, fluffiness
downland:
n. 丘陵地(低地)
downlead:
n. 天线引下线(天线馈线)
downlight
顶棚里向下照射的小聚光灯
downlink
下行线
向下链路
download
v. 下载
英英解释:动词download:
1. transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location
downloadable:
可下载的
downpipe:
n. 落水管(下悬喷管)
downplay
v. 不予重视
英英解释:动词downplay:
1. represent as less significant or important
同义词：understate, minimize, minimise
2. understate the importance or quality of
同义词：background, play down
downpour
n. 倾盆大雨
例句与用法:1.A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour.隘谷，冲沟长期的倾盆大雨冲击地面之后形成深的沟壑或沟渠
2.The rescue work had been going very well until a sudden downpour loused the whole thing up.营救工作本来一直进行得很顺利，后来突然下了一场倾盆大雨，把整个事情弄得一团糟。
3.There was a heavy downpour.下了一阵暴雨。
4.A heavy downpour; a deluge.骤雨，奔流极大的降水；狂风大雨
英英解释:名词downpour:
1. a heavy rain
同义词：cloudburst, deluge, waterspout, torrent, pelter, soaker
downrange
n. 下段射程(下靶场,目标线)
a. 下靶场的
例句与用法:1.Landed a thousand miles downrange; the downrange target area.在顺发射方向一千英里处着陆；发射方向的目标区域
2.The signal was picked up by a downrange radar station.该信号被试验飞行方向之内的雷达站收到了。
downright
a. 明白的,率直的,显明的
ad. 全然,彻底,完全
例句与用法:1.He is a downright honest person.他是一个直率的老实人。
2.It's a downright lie.那是个彻头彻尾的谎言。
3.He wasn't just unfriendly, he was downright rude.他不仅仅是态度冷淡，简直是无礼透顶。
4.He has a downright pleasant manner.他有一种令人愉快的率直态度。
5.He wasn't just inconsiderate, he was downright rude.他岂止不体谅人, 简直是十分粗暴.
英英解释:形容词downright:
1. characterized by plain blunt honesty
2. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
同义词：absolute, out-and-out, rank, right-down, sheer
副词downright:
1. thoroughgoing
downriver
a. 向河口处的(下游的)
ad. 向河口处地(下游地)
例句与用法:1.Swam downriver; a downriver canoe race.向下游游泳；顺流独木舟赛
英英解释:副词downriver:
1. away from the source or with the current
同义词：downstream
downs:
白垩山丘
例句与用法:1.The downs fell in gentle undulations to the sea.这块丘陵地略带倾斜伸向大海.
2.He stuck by her through all life's ups and downs.他对她始终不渝, 同甘共苦.
3.Every one must have his share of the ups and downs.每个人都有得意时和失意时。
4.Life is full of ups and downs.人生有得意时也有失意时。
5.Pay me 50 down and the rest at the end of the month.先付给我50英镑定金, 余款要月底付清.
6.Could you boil that article down to 400 words?你能把这篇文章缩写成400字吗?
7.A charge of 1.90 will be rounded up to 2, and one of 3.10 rounded down to 3.把 1.90 英镑的费用上调为整数 2 英镑, 把 3.10 英镑下调为整数 3 英镑.
8.The period of exercise was geared down to ten minutes a day for men over 60.60岁以上的人的锻炼时间减低到每日十分钟.
英英解释:名词down:
1. soft fine feathers
同义词：down, down feather
2. (American football) a complete play to advance the football
同义词：down
3. English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
同义词：Down, John L. H. Down
4. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
同义词：down
5. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
同义词：down, pile
动词down:
1. drink down entirely
同义词：toss off, pop, bolt down, belt down, pour down, down, drink down, kill
2. eat immoderately
同义词：devour, down, consume, go through
3. bring down or defeat (an opponent)
同义词：down
4. shoot at and force to come down
同义词：down, shoot down, land
5. cause to come or go down
同义词：down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down
6. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
同义词：polish, refine, fine-tune, down
downscale:
缩减...规模
词形变化:动词过去式:downscaled 过去分词:downscaled 现在分词:downscaling 第三人称单数:downscales
例句与用法:1.Mass-produced downscale versions of high-priced fashions.按高价服装的样式大量生产的适于低收入消费者的服装
英英解释:形容词downscale:
1. intended for people with low incomes |
