change down

英 [tʃeɪndʒ daʊn]

美 [tʃeɪndʒ daʊn]

减挡; 换低速挡

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 减挡;挂低速挡
  When youchange down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
  1. Changing down, he turned into the drive...
     他减挡拐入了私家车道。
  2. I braked at the second corner and changed down to third.
     我在第二个拐弯处踩了刹车，挂上三挡。

in AM, use 美国英语用 shift down

双语例句

• Besides, having a degree in one of those fields doesn't mean she couldn't change careers down the road.
  除在这两个专业里有其中一个学位之外，就意味着她将来就不会改变她的职业。
• You'll have to change down into second to get round the corner.
  你转弯时需要将车速调低到第二挡。
• Climate change is falling down the political agenda as fast as austerity is moving up.
  气候变化滑下政治议程的速度，就像紧缩政策上升的速度一样快。
• Oh, baby, a change is gonna come down.
  哦，亲爱的，一场风暴就要来临。
• What behavior should they change? Scribble down all your most controlling, accusatory, politically incorrect thoughts.
  把所有哪些最有支配色彩、指责性质或政治不正确的想法统统写下来。
• Also notice that change happened from the vision down to development.
  还要注意，从远景到开发都会发生变更。
• As the microwave heating time increased, the temperature of magnetite concentrates increased too, once the temperature reached a point, the temperature change slowed down.
  研究结果表明：随着微波加热时间的延长，磁铁精矿温度逐步升高，到达一定高度后升温速率变缓；
• Bashar al-Assad and his family-run security services and elite forces have hit on the worst possible combination: promising change while mercilessly mowing down all who demand it.
  巴沙尔阿萨德（basharal-assad）及其家族掌控的安全部门与精英部队采取了最糟糕的组合：一面承诺改革，一面又在残杀所有要求改革的民众。
• Who knows how things might change down the road, and at least you'll have your 34-year-old mother's thoughts down on paper.
  谁也不知道将来会发生什么，但至少你们会有我这个34岁的母亲把想法写下来供你们参考。
• But, as yet, neither investors nor managers seem fully to appreciate the change that is bearing down on them.
  但迄今为止，投资者和经理人似乎都没有充分把握将要对自己产生影响的变化。