Down的意思（英语）解析如下：
副词：向下；在下面；由强到弱；由高到低；由响到轻；由好到坏；写下；记下；初付；付现；顺水。
介词：向……的下面；……以来；持续……时间。
形容词：向下的；下行的；沮丧的；情绪低落的；暂时无法使用的；故障的；赞同的。
动词：击倒；击落；喝下；吃下。
名词：十码进攻；倒霉事；不幸事；挫折；失败；不快乐；沮丧；丘陵；唐斯锚地；（Down）唐郡。
短语搭配：
1、shut down：停业；关闭。
2、slow down：减速，减缓。
3、look down on：瞧不起；轻视；俯视。
4、write down：写下，记下。
5、sit down：坐下。
6、pass down：传递下去；传承下去；传承。
7、up and down：一上一下，起伏；来来回回, 往返地；到处，处处，多变的。
8、bring down：降低；打倒；击落。
9、turn down：拒绝；关小；调低。
10、calm down：冷静下来。
相关例句：
1、Marian looked down from her perch in a beech tree above the road.
玛丽安从道路上方山毛榉树上的蹲脚处向下看。
2、It was disruptive to the industry as it was shaking down after deregulation.
对这产业会造成一些混乱，因为它正在逐步适应解除管制后的新形势。
3、He kept shtum about the fact that he was sent down for fraud.
他对于因欺诈而被开除的事实保持沉默。
4、A black mark went down against his name for turning down the job.
他因拒绝那工作而坏了名声。
5、The sendoff rings down the curtain on a major chapter in television history.
这次送别标志着电视史上一个重要篇章的终结。
6、The closely packed terraced hous-es were knocked down in the interests of ‘progress’.
为了体现“进步”，排得很密的联立房屋被拆掉了。
7、If it gets into the papers, she'll be down here screaming blue murder.
如果这事情上了报，她会到这里来吵翻天的。
8、We would expect individuals lower down the organization to take on more responsibility.
我们期待机构内下层人士能更多地独立承担责任。
9、They were shouting and gesticulating frantically at drivers who did not slow down.
他们向没有减速行驶的驾车人呼喊并拼命打手势。
10、With more orders expected, the company is counting down to a bumper Christmas.
考虑到还会有更多的订单，公司正在为一个“丰收”的圣诞节作好充分准备。
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