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

• The city's newspapers still attempt to get down to the nitty gritty of investigative journalism.
  该市报纸仍在试图厘清调查性新闻的实质。
• 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。
• With that plumbing defined, I can get down to business.
  定义了该管道之后，我就可以开始正事了。
• Stop talking, let's get down to work!
  别聊天了，让我们开始干正事吧！
• It was easy enough to climb the tree but not easy to get down.
  爬上树去挺容易，可是下来就难了。
• 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。
• The best hope is that we will mobilize international support and get down to action
  最好的希望是我们能争取到国际上的支持，然后采取行动。
• I start to get down on the work.
  我开始对这工作生厌。
• Okay, now I can tell you that I'm going to get down to the mine.
  好了，我告诉你我要下矿井。
• I think you will like to get down to work now.
  我想现在你要认真着手工作。