英语词组go downhill是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

go downhill

To steadily worsen. After my parents opened my report card and saw how bad my grades were, it all went downhill from there. You better come to the hospital right away—Great-Uncle Edmund's health had really gone downhill.

go downhill

[for something] to decline and grow worse and worse. This industry is going downhill. We lose money every year. As one gets older, one's health tends to go downhill.

go downhill

Deteriorate, worsen, as in Ever since the recession began, the business has been going downhill. The figurative use of downhill for "decline" dates from the mid-1800s. Also see downhill all the way.

go downhill

COMMON

1. If something goes downhill, it becomes worse or less successful. Since I started to work longer hours things have gone steadily downhill. We were amazed at the speed with which the weather was going downhill. Note: Downhill can be used in many structures connected with becoming worse or less successful. For the movie business, it was all downhill from there. His career was heading downhill fast.

2. If someone goes downhill, they become more ill. In February 1825 Maria became ill, was sent home, rapidly went downhill and died aged 11.

go downhill

become worse; deteriorate.

ˌgo downˈhill

get worse: My work has been going downhill ever since my divorce.This restaurant has definitely gone downhill since I last came here.

go downhill

in. to decline. Things began to go downhill when the county cut the maintenance budget.

go downhill

Deteriorate, decline. Although it would seem that going down a hill is easier than going up, downhill has meant a decline since the 1500s, although Daniel Defoe also used it in the sense of easy (“a very short cut, and all down hill,” Robinson Crusoe, 1719). An 1856 history of England had the sense of declining: “The monks had traveled swiftly on the downhill road of human corruption.”

词组	go downhill
释义	Idiom go downhill Theme: WORSEN [for something] to decline and grow worse and worse. This industry is going downhill. We lose money every year.As one gets older, one tends to go downhill. Slang go downhill Theme: DECLINE in. to decline. This company is going downhill at a great rate.Things began to go downhill when the county cut the maintenance budget. Idiom go downhill to gradually become worse. The area has started to go downhill economically in the last ten years.We started to argue soon after we got married, and things went downhill from there. idiomgo downhillif a situation goes downhill, it becomes worse:I stopped listening to Capitol City FM months ago - I thought it really went downhill with the new management.I'm afraid things are not going well for me and your father, and the business is going downhill fast as well. go downhill To steadily worsen. After my parents opened my report card and saw how bad my grades were, it all went downhill from there. You better come to the hospital right away—Great-Uncle Edmund's health had really gone downhill. go downhill [for something] to decline and grow worse and worse. This industry is going downhill. We lose money every year. As one gets older, one's health tends to go downhill. go downhill Deteriorate, worsen, as in Ever since the recession began, the business has been going downhill. The figurative use of downhill for "decline" dates from the mid-1800s. Also see downhill all the way. go downhill COMMON 1. If something goes downhill, it becomes worse or less successful. Since I started to work longer hours things have gone steadily downhill. We were amazed at the speed with which the weather was going downhill. Note: Downhill can be used in many structures connected with becoming worse or less successful. For the movie business, it was all downhill from there. His career was heading downhill fast. 2. If someone goes downhill, they become more ill. In February 1825 Maria became ill, was sent home, rapidly went downhill and died aged 11. go downhill become worse; deteriorate. ˌgo downˈhill get worse: My work has been going downhill ever since my divorce.This restaurant has definitely gone downhill since I last came here. go downhill in. to decline. Things began to go downhill when the county cut the maintenance budget. go downhill Deteriorate, decline. Although it would seem that going down a hill is easier than going up, downhill has meant a decline since the 1500s, although Daniel Defoe also used it in the sense of easy (“a very short cut, and all down hill,” Robinson Crusoe, 1719). An 1856 history of England had the sense of declining: “The monks had traveled swiftly on the downhill road of human corruption.”
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