downhill
英 [ˌdaʊnˈhɪl]
美 [ˌdaʊnˈhɪl]
- adv. 下坡;向下;每况愈下
- adj. 下坡的;容易的
- n. 下坡;滑降
将“downhill”分解为“down”和“hill”。想象一个物体沿着“hill”(小山丘)向“down”(下方)滚动,这样的动态图像可以帮助记忆“downhill”表示下坡或下降的意思。
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- downhill
- 1590s (n.); 1650s (adv.), 1727 (adj.), from down (adv.) + hill. Meaning âa downhill skiing raceâ is from 1960.
- 1. For the movie business, it was all downhill from there.
- 电影业从那时就开始完全走下坡路了。
- 2. Since I started to work longer hours things have gone steadily downhill.
- 自从我开始加班以来,事情日趋恶化。
- 3. Bessie was on the downhill path.
- 贝茜在下山的小路上。
- 4. Well, I guess it's all downhill from here.
- 嗯,我猜从此以后就容易了。
- 5. His career was heading downhill fast.
- 他的事业迅速下滑。