downhill

英 [ˌdaʊn'hɪl] 美 [ˌdaʊn'hɪl]

• adv. 向山下；走下坡路地
• adj. 下坡的；向下的

英英释义

Noun:

1. the downward slope of a hill

2. a ski race down a trail

Adjective:

1. sloping down rather steeply

Adverb:

1. toward a lower or inferior state;

   "your performance has been going downhill for a long time now"
   

2. toward the bottom of a hill;

   "running downhill, he gained a lot of speed"
   

例句

用作副词 (adv.)

1. The boys hurt themselves sliding downhill.
   男孩子们滑下山时伤着了自己。
2. The car was speeding downhill at top speed.
   汽车高速向山下冲去。
3. Business is going downhill.
   生意正走下坡。
4. This part of the town used to be fashionable, but it's starting to go downhill.
   该市这一地区一度很繁华，如今已江河日下。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The cross-country course consists of flat,uphill and downhill sections.
   越野滑雪赛道由平道、上坡道和下坡道组成。
2. she makes downhill business regrow by her perseverance and work hard.
   她以极大的坚忍和辛苦，使走下坡路的事业重振昔日风采。

经典引文

• The road coming downhill from the north-west turned south.

  出自： E. Bowen

• A stone rolled downhill.

  出自： R. Adams

• From this point it is downhill all the way: a host of deprivations and disasters.

  出自：Gay News

• It was downhill from then on, though it actually took a year to secure the country completely.

  出自：Guardian

词汇搭配

• go downhill 变坏(每况愈下...
• downhill race 速降滑雪赛, 滑降...
• downhill creep 移动滑坡
• downhill ski 降下用滑雪板...
• downhill telemark 滑降弓步式转弯...
• downhill transport 下向运输
• downhill casting 顶浇,上注
• downhill grade 下坡道
• downhill turn 滑降转弯

近反义词

【近义词】

• effortless 容易的
• easy 容易的
• simple 简单的
• plain sailing 一帆风顺
• straightforward 易懂的
• downward-sloping 下坡的
• declivitous 向下倾斜的(下坡的)...