get down

英 [ɡet daʊn] 美 [ɡet daʊn]

• vt. 下来；写下；咽下；使沮丧；压垮；着手；砍倒；击落；拿下，取下

英英释义

Verb:

1. lower (one's body) as by kneeling;

   "Get down on your knees!"
   

2. move something or somebody to a lower position;

   "take down the vase from the shelf"
   

3. alight from (a horse)

4. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking;

   "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
   

5. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted;

   "These news depressed her"
   "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
   

6. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

7. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action;

   "We began working at dawn"
   "Who will start?"
   "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"
   "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"
   "He began early in the day"
   "Let's get down to work now"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The medicine is too bitter to get down.
   药太苦了，吞不下去。
2. Let's strip away the cant and get down to bedrock.
   咱们少说漂亮话，多谈实质问题吧。
3. He got down to his work after the holidays.
   度假之後他开始专心工作。
4. He jotted down a note for her and then left.
   他匆匆为她写下了一个条子然后离开了。
5. Wash the dry cake down with tea.
   用茶把乾蛋糕咽下去。
6. I hate to have to choke down these pills.
   我讨厌不得不费力地去咽下这些药片。
7. Susan was completely weighed down by the stress of examinations.
   苏珊被考试的压力压垮了。
8. It is likely that she will be crushed down by the bad news.
   很可能她会被这可悲的消息压垮。
9. I think you will like to get down to work now.
   我想现在你要认真着手工作。
10. They set out to drive a well to get well water.
    他们着手凿井取水。

词汇搭配

• get down to 开始
• get down to business 开始谈正经事...
• get down 下来
• get the tail down 意气消沉
• get something down cold 参照 get
• get down to the nitty-gritty 追究根源
• get down grass roots to grass roots 追根究底
• get one's head down 躺下睡觉,坐下来工作...
• get down off one's high horse 放下臭架子,不再骄傲...
• get down on someone 对某人持批判的态度...

近反义词

【近义词】

• dance 舞会
• get off 从 ... 下来
• demoralise 使堕落
• dismay 沮丧
• bring down 使倒下
• unhorse 使 ... 摔下马来...
• depress 使沮丧
• set down 记下
• put down 镇压
• get 得到
• commence 开始
• begin 开始
• demoralize 使士气低落
• dispirit 使沮丧
• set about 开始
• light 光
• take down 记下，写下
• dismount 下马
• deject <古>垂头丧气的...
• let down 放下
• start out 开始
• lower 低的
• cast down 扔掉
• swallow 燕子
• set out 规划
• write down 写下
• start 开始