get down

英 [ɡet daʊn]

美 [ɡet daʊn]

使沮丧; 使忧郁; 坐下; 跪下; 趴下; 躺下; 写下，记下（尤指他人话语）; （尤指费力地）吞下，咽下（食品或药品）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使沮丧；使忧郁
  If somethinggetsyoudown, it makes you unhappy.
  1. At times when my work gets me down, I like to fantasize about being a farmer.
     有时当工作让我沮丧时，我喜欢幻想自己是一个农场主。
• PHRASAL VERB 俯身；跪下；趴下
  If youget down, you lower your body until you are sitting, kneeling, or lying on the ground.
  1. She got down on her hands and knees on the floor...
     她双手撑地跪在地上。
  2. 'Get down!' she yelled. 'Somebody's shooting!'
     “趴下！”她大声喊道，“有人开枪！”
• PHRASAL VERB 写下；记下
  If yougetsomethingdown, especially something that someone has just said, you write it down.
  1. The idea has been going around in my head for quite a while and now I am getting it down on paper.
     这个想法在我脑海里萦绕许久了，我现在就将它写在纸上。
• PHRASAL VERB （费力地）吞下；勉强咽下
  If yougetfood or medicinedown, you swallow it, especially with difficulty.
  1. I bit into a hefty slab of bread and cheese. When I had got it down I started talking.
     我咬了一大块面包和奶酪，强咽下去之后开始说话。

英英释义

verb

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
  1. We began working at dawn
  2. Who will start?
  3. Get working as soon as the sun rises!
  4. The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
  5. He began early in the day
  6. Let's get down to work now
  Synonym:begingetstart outstartset aboutset outcommence
• put down in writing
  Synonym:write downset downput down
• pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
  1. Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
  Synonym:swallow
• lower someone's spirits
  1. These news depressed her
  2. The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
  Synonym:depressdejectcast downdismaydispiritdemoralizedemoralise
• alight from (a horse)
  Synonym:unhorsedismountlightget off
• move something or somebody to a lower position
  1. take down the vase from the shelf
  Synonym:lowertake downlet downbring down
• lower (one's body) as by kneeling
  1. Get down on your knees!

双语例句

• I can get down to nitpicking detail, I am pretty fussy about certain things.
  我会挑剔细节，我对某些事情相当吹毛求疵。
• When you get down to it, it isn't so difficult.
  当你开始认真对待事情时，事情就不难。
• I have difficulty in dealing with the abstract-let's get down to some particulars.
  我考虑抽象概念有些困难，让我们处理一些具体事情吧。
• I start to get down on the work.
  我开始对这工作生厌。
• 'Get down!' she yelled. 'Somebody's shooting!'
  “趴下！”她大声喊道，“有人开枪！”
• He speaks so fast that I cannot get down every word.
  他说得太快了，我无法把他说的每个词都记下来。
• The idea has been going around in my head for quite a while and now I am getting it down on paper.
  这个想法在我脑海里萦绕许久了，我现在就将它写在纸上。
• With the election out of the way, the government can get down to business.
  选举结束，政府可以着手干起来了。
• At times when my work gets me down, I like to fantasize about being a farmer.
  有时当工作让我沮丧时，我喜欢幻想自己是一个农场主。
• Angola's ruling party was due to get down to brass tacks today with a debate on the party's record.
  安哥拉执政党预定在今天就有关该党执政记录的问题进行实质性讨论。