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Is this lift going down?

这部电梯是向下开的吗？

Don't look down! You'll get dizzy.

别朝下看！你会头晕的。

The sun's going down and it'll be dark soon.

太阳要落下去了，天很快就要黑了。

The space capsule came down in the ocean.

太空舱落入了海里。

I bent down to look under the bed.

我弯下腰朝床底下看了看。

Just as I was sitting down to watch TV, the phone rang.

我正准备坐下看电视的时候，电话铃响了。

Why don't you lie down on the sofa for a while?

你为什么不在沙发上躺一会儿呢？

This box is really heavy – can we put it down (on the floor) for a minute?

这个箱子确实很重——我们把它放下（搁到地板上）歇一会儿好吗?

Get down off that table immediately!

你这个傻丫头，马上从桌子上下来！

The terrorists forced everybody to lie face down (= with the front part of the body below) on the floor.

恐怖分子强迫大家面朝下趴在地板上。

I put the loose floorboard back and nailed it down.

我把松动的地板块放回去用钉子钉牢。

He held my arms down by my sides.

他把我的胳膊按在我身体的两侧。

The rate of inflation is finally going down.

通货膨胀率终于下降了。

Turn the TV down – it's way too loud!

把电视机的声音关小一点——实在太吵了！

The nurse bandaged my sprained ankle to keep the swelling down (= to limit the swelling).

护士把我扭伤的脚踝抱起来以控制肿胀。

If you wait a few months, the price will come down.

如果你等上几个月，价格就会降下来。

The Cavaliers were 20 points down (= losing by 20 points) at half-time.

半场结束时克里夫兰骑士队落后20分。

The number of students at this school has gone down from 500 last year to 410.

这所学校的学生人数从去年的500人降到了410人。

The house burned down many years ago.

许多年以前这座房子就被烧毁了。

These trees will have to be cut down to make way for the new road.

为了修建新公路，不得不将这些树砍掉。

She was knocked down by a car and killed instantly.

她被车撞倒后当即死亡。

I'll write it down now so I won't forget.

我现在要写下来以免忘了。

Do you have it down in writing/on paper, or was it just a verbal agreement?

你有书面的东西吗？还是只是口头协议？

I've got/put you down for (= have written that you want) three tickets each.

我已经记下了你们每人要3张票。

The police officers were taking down the names of witnesses.

警官们正在记录证人的姓名。

I'll meet you down at the gym after work.

下班后我会到俱乐部找你。

He has a house down by the harbour.

他在港湾那边有一座房子。

I'm going down to the shop to buy some milk.

我要去商店买些牛奶。

It's much warmer down (in the) south.

南方要暖和许多。

My parents live down in Florida, but they come up to Chicago every summer.

我父母住在南方的佛罗里达，但他们每年夏天都要来芝加哥。

We're moving down to London.

我们要南下搬到伦敦去了。

The necklace has been passed/handed down through seven generations.

这条项链已经传了7代人了。

These myths have come down to us from prehistoric times.

这些神话从史前一直流传至今。

You'll feel better once you've got some hot soup down you.

喝点热汤你就会感觉舒服一些。

He's getting weak because he can't keep anything down.

什么食物他吃了就吐，因此他的身体变得越来越虚弱了。

I gave him $1,000 down, and paid the rest in instalments.

我付给他1000英镑，其余货款分期支付。

I slid down the hill.

我顺着山坡滑了下来。

Aikiko fell down some stairs and broke her wrist.

爱子在楼梯上滑了一跤，腕部骨折了。

We drove down the highway as far as Atlanta.

我们沿着高速公路一直开到了亚特兰大。

Her office is down the corridor on the right.

她的办公室在走廊那头的右侧。

They sailed the boat down the river (= towards the sea).

他们沿着这条河驾船驶向大海。

I went down the pub with my mates.

我和同伴去了酒吧。

We downed three enemy planes with our missiles.

我们用导弹击落了3架敌机。

The ice storm has downed trees and power lines all over the region.

冰暴在整个地区击倒树木，刮落电线。

He'd downed four beers before I'd finished one.

我一杯啤酒还没喝完，他就已经一口气喝下四杯了。

The Yankees downed the Red Sox 7–0.

扬基队以7-0的比分打败了红袜队。

She's been really down since her husband left.

自从丈夫去世后她一直抑郁寡欢。

I've been (feeling) a little bit down this week.

这周我有点情绪低落。

The network will be down for an hour for routine maintenance.

网络将停止运行1小时以进行日常维护。

The whole system's gone down.

整个系统都停止运行了。

goose/duck down

鹅／鸭绒

a down jacket/pillow/sleeping bag (= a jacket/pillow/sleeping bag filled with down)

羽绒上衣／枕头／睡袋

Why do you have a down on him? I think he seems really nice.

你为什么不喜欢他？我觉得他非常不错。