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down /daʊn/► SEE ALLbe down to sb/sthbe down to sthdown and outdown through sthdown to sb/sthdown underdown with sb/sth! ●be down to sb/sth (informal) 1. be caused by a particular person or thing 由…引起(或造成)◆She claimed her problems were down to the media. 她声称她的问题是媒体造成的。◆Our defeat in last week’s game is down to the goalkeeper, who played very badly. 我们上周比赛的失利归咎于守门员,他表现得太糟糕了。2. be the responsibility of sb 是某人的责任◆It’s down to you to check the doors and windows before we leave. 你负责在我们离开前检查所有的门窗。●be down to sthhave nothing except one or a few items of the kind mentioned 只剩下(一点儿)◆I’m down to my last penny. 我只剩下最后一分钱了。●ˌdown and ˈouthaving no home or job and living on the streets of a city; very poor 一无所有;露宿街头;穷困潦倒◆It must be terrible to be down and out in this cold weather. 在这样寒冷的天气露宿街头一定很惨。▸ ˌdown-and-ˈout noun a person who is down and out 落魄的人◆Life is hard for the city’s down-and-outs. 城市里一无所有的人生活十分艰辛。●down through sth (written) during a long period of time 在(相当长的)一段时间内◆Down through the years this town has seen many changes. 这些年来这座城市发生了许多变化。●down to sb/stheven including the last item of a whole list of people or things 直至;下至◆Everybody was affected by the economic crisis, from the president down to the poorest citizen. 上至总统,下至贫民,所有的人都受到了经济危机的影响。◆She’s thought of everything down to the tiniest details! 她连最细枝末节的地方都想到了!●down ˈunder (informal) in or to Australia and/or New Zealand 在(或去)澳大利亚和/或新西兰◆TV stars from down under 来自澳洲的电视明星●down with sb/sth!shouted as a protest against sb/sth (口号)打倒…◆Down with the dictator! 打倒独裁者! |