go downhill
这里的 go downhill 是比喻用法,表示情况变糟,而不是真的在走下坡路。
After the manager left, the company went downhill.
经理离开后,公司就走下坡路了。
走下坡路;恶化;向坡下;下坡地。;趋于恶化;变得更糟。;下坡;向下
Moving down a slope; toward the bottom of a hill.
向坡下;下坡地。
Down a slope.
趋于恶化;变得更糟。
So as to deteriorate or get worse.
The ball rolled downhill quickly.
球很快地滚下了坡。
用法提示:副词用法,表示向坡底方向移动。
His health has gone downhill since the accident.
自从那次事故后,他的健康状况就每况愈下。
用法提示:副词用法,表示向更差的状态发展。
We cycled downhill without pedaling.
我们不用踩踏板就骑下了坡。
用法提示:副词用法,表示沿着下坡方向。
这里的 go downhill 是比喻用法,表示情况变糟,而不是真的在走下坡路。
After the manager left, the company went downhill.
经理离开后,公司就走下坡路了。
当 downhill 表示“向坡下”时,常与表示移动的动词连用,如 roll、run、walk。
The ball rolled downhill and into the stream.
球滚下坡,掉进了溪流里。
最常用,常接在 go/run/roll 等动词后;但含义比 downhill 广,也可表示‘沿路向远处’,未必带坡度。
比 down 正式,强调朝下的方向;可替换 roll downhill / go downhill 中的 downhill,但语气偏书面。
grammar · medium
易错句子After the scandal, his career went to downhill.
正确表达After the scandal, his career went downhill.
downhill 是副词,表示“向坡下”或“恶化”,前面不能加介词 to;go downhill 是固定搭配,直接以副词作状语。
grammar · medium
易错句子The company is doing downhill this year.
正确表达The company is going downhill this year.
表示“走下坡路、变糟”时,英语用固定搭配 go downhill,动词是 go 而不是 do;do 搭配 well 或 badly 等副词,但不能用 downhill 来表达这种含义。
针对“向坡下”(down a slope)这一义项;指沿坡向上的方向,不用于“趋于恶化”的引申义。
downhill 指沿斜坡朝坡底移动,常含坡度;downward 只强调朝较低的方向,不一定有斜坡。表示“走下坡路、变糟”时只能用 downhill,不用 downward。
downhill 是沿山坡向下;downstream 是沿河流、水流方向向下,对象不同。说“向山下”用 downhill,说“顺水”用 downstream。
downhill 与 uphill 都以 hill 为词根,但方向完全相反:downhill 朝坡下,uphill 朝坡上。另外 uphill 还常引申为“费力的”,而 downhill 引申为“走下坡路、变糟”,不要混用。
走下坡路;恶化
After the manager left, the company went downhill.
经理离开后,公司就走下坡路了。
朝山坡下前进
The skiers headed downhill at full speed.
滑雪者们全速朝山坡下冲去。
向坡下滚动
The ball rolled downhill and into the stream.
球滚下山坡,掉进了小溪里。
滑行下坡
We coasted downhill without pedaling.
我们没有蹬踏板,就滑行下了坡。
向低处流;向下坡流
Water runs downhill.
水往低处流。
down(向下)+ hill(山丘)
downhill的本义是“向坡下”,slope表示所涉及的坡。
downhill常用于山地语境,如“下山”。
习语go downhill常用来形容健康恶化。
经济形势也可以用go downhill表示下滑。
下坡时会获得动量,语义上与之相关。
走下坡路;每况愈下
His health went downhill rapidly after the surgery.
手术后他的健康状况迅速恶化。
(度过最困难阶段后)从此一帆风顺;越来越轻松
Once we finished the outline, the rest of the project was all downhill from here.
我们一完成大纲,项目的其余部分就一帆风顺了。
从那以后,一切都走下坡路了。
A common English idiom often used in movies and TV shows to say that a situation became much worse after a particular moment.
这是英语中常听到的习语,在电影和电视剧中用来表示某一时刻之后情况变得糟糕得多。
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