| 词汇 | come down |
| 释义 | come down 1. fall; drop 倒塌；（树）倒下 * Several trees came down in last night's storm. 昨晚的风暴刮倒了几棵树。 * The building came down in the storm. 这幢楼在暴风雨中倒塌了。 2. descend; land 下来；下降 * Five of the enemy planes came down in the battle. 在战斗中有5架敌机被打了下来。 3. lessen; be reduced 降低；减少 * Her weight has come down again. 她的体重又减轻了。 * The child's temperature came down in the morning. 孩子的体温在早晨降下来了。 * The price of beer is coming down soon. 啤酒的价格很快就要下跌。 4. be given or left to people who are younger or come later 传给；流传下来 * The girl's necklace had come down to her from her grandmother. 这女孩的项链是她祖母传下来的。 * The custom has come down in our area for two centuries. 这种风俗在本地区流传有两个世纪了。 * This house has come down from father to son for eight generations. 这幢房子代代相传已达8代。 5. lose social rank 失掉社会地位 * I am fraid the family has come down in the world lately. 我担心这个家庭的社会地位最近已在下降。 * The elderly gentleman plainly has come down in the world. 这位老绅士显然是已经败落破产。 * He is coming down in my opinion. 他在我心目中的地位已下降。 6. provide money, often as a gift; make a gift of money 出钱；捐款 * We don't expect him to come down generously. 我们并不指望他会慷慨解囊。 7. decide to give support 决定给予支持 * I am determined to come down in favour of Jim. 我决心支持吉姆。 8. be forced to (by poverty) to do sth. humiliating（因贫穷）被迫做屈辱的事 * He has come down to begging. 他已沦为乞丐。 |
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