介词down 有4个意思:往……的下端,在……下方,沿着,贯穿。这4个意思的共同之处是:“沿着……往下”的本质含义。
1.做状语
A man came down the stairs to meet them.
一个男子沿着楼梯走下来迎接他们。
We got in the car and went down the supermarket and started buying food.
我们上车,前往超市开始购买食物。
Karl looked down the street and saw a man sitting at the end of the street.
卡尔顺着街道往下看,看到一个人坐在街道的尽头。
The union leader was last night staging a protest activity 350 yards down a mineshaft.
昨晚工会领导们在350码深的矿井下举行了抗议活动。
2.作定语
He managed to hold on to the ledge 40 feet down the rock.
他想法设法紧紧抓住岩石下方40英尺处的岩脚上。
3.作表语
People are down the pub, getting drunk.
人们在酒吧,喝得烂醉。
down:副词的意思有:往下,下跌,从上至下,向南方,失去钱,预付,到某地。
down:动词的意思有:咽下,击倒
down:形容词的意思有:悲伤的,停机的
down:名词的意思有:绒毛,分段进攻。