downshift
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈdaʊnʃɪft/
美 /ˈdaʊnˌʃɪft/
英文释义
名词 n.
- A change of direction or a movement downwards.
- A reduction in quality or quantity.
- A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
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A shift of a transmission into a lower gear, as dictated by heavier load on the engine, as for example when climbing a hill or strongly accelerating.
— The driver, Lindsay, gave me a regal wave at the top after he had completed a series of perfect downshifts[.]
动词 v.
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To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
— But in this variation on Superbad's wild night of transgression, downshifting the age of the protagonists from teen to tween actually only enhances the stealth, wide-eyed innocence that secretly drives this genre of pre-college hedonism.
- To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
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To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
— He brought the car to a stop before the bridge, downshifted and then put her at the road again in a rising disciplined snarl along the N.6 to Cannes.
- To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
- To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
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To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
— In a stick-shift vehicle, the driver must downshift when necessary; in an automatic, the transmission downshifts as needed.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
The noun is derived from down (preposition) + shift (“slight change or movement”). The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 2
The noun is derived from down (preposition) + shift (“slight change or movement”). The verb is derived from the noun.
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