| 单词 | down |
| 释义 | down down // adverb, verb, adjective
■ adverb HELP NOTE For the special uses of down in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example, break down is in the phrasal verb section at break.
BALANCE BROUGHT DOWN, BALANCE CARRIED DOWN, BUTTONED-DOWN, CLOSE-DOWN, COMPLETELY KNOCKED-DOWN, DROP-DOWN, KNOCK-DOWN, PULL-DOWN, RUN-DOWN, SIT-DOWN, TOP-DOWN, TRICKLE-DOWN, WRITE-DOWN
1 at a lower level or rate: Prices have gone down recently. Output was down by 20%. See note at INCREASE
2 having lost the amount of money mentioned: At the end of the day we were $200 down.
3 if you pay an amount of money down, you pay that to start with, and the rest later: You can buy this car with no money down. They were able to pay for the property cash down (= they paid the whole amount immediately). a cash-down payment
IDIOMS
be down to sth to have only a little money left: I'm down to my last dollar.
LINE noun, CASH noun
■ verb
IDIOMS
down tools (BrE) (about workers) to stop work; to go on strike
■ adjective [not before noun]
if a computer or a computer system is down, it is not working: The system was down all morning. ⇨ DOWNTIME |
| 随便看 |
英汉经管词典收录了11049条经济管理类英汉双解词条，基本涵盖了经济学、管理学、金融学、会计学、证券期货、商务活动等领域的常用英语单词及短语词组的翻译及用法，是学习及工作的有利工具。