downtown

英 [ˈdaʊntaʊn , ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn]

美 [ˈdaʊntaʊn , ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn]

adv.  在市中心，往市中心(尤指商业中心区)
n.  市中心区; （市中）商业区

比较级：downtowner　

高考考研TOEFLIELTS

Collins.2 / BNC.18944 / COCA.3116

牛津词典

adv.

• 在市中心，往市中心（尤指商业中心区）
  in or towards the centre of a city, especially its main business area
  1. to go/work downtown
     到商业中心区去；在商业中心区工作

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 商业区的;市中心的
  Downtownplaces are in or towards the centre of a large town or city, where the shops and places of business are.
  1. ...an office in downtown Chicago.
     位于芝加哥市中心的办事处
  2. Downtownis also an adverb.
     
  3. By day he worked downtown for American Standard...
     白天他在市中心为美标公司工作。
  4. You have to be downtown in a hurry.
     你得赶快去市中心。
  5. Downtownis also a noun.
     
  6. ...in a large vacant area of the downtown.
     在市中心的一大块空地上
  7. ...Ardastra Gardens, a short taxi ride from downtown.
     阿德斯特拉公园，离市区车程不远

英英释义

noun

• the central area or commercial center of a town or city
  1. the heart of Birmingham's downtown
  Synonym:business district

adj

• of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center
  1. downtown Manhattan
  2. delinquents roaming the downtown streets

adv

• toward or in the lower or central part of town

双语例句

• I was there not protesting as I choose to occupy a job instead of the streets of downtown.
  我当时在场，我不是抗议的，因为我选择了占领工作而不是占领街道。
• It's very convenient to go to school or the downtown from where we stay.
  从我们的住处到学校和市中心都很方便。
• Next up we went to a classic car show downtown and to The Popcorn Museum.
  接下来，我们去市中心看了老爷车展，然后去了爆米花博物馆。
• My father joined the City Club, which occupied three top floors of an office building downtown.
  我父亲参加了城市俱乐部，它占据了市中心一个办公楼最顶部的三层。
• This was, New York apart, the first American city I had ever been in where people actually lived downtown.
  除了纽约，这是我到过的第一个人们确实住在市中心的美国城市。
• We walked a couple of blocks until we came upon the downtown El Paso Public Library.
  我们走了几个街区，来到了市中心的埃尔帕索公共图书馆。
• I live in a narrow street downtown.
  我住在市中心一条狭窄的街道里。
• I am a tour guide, and I work for a travel agency in downtown Kaohsiung.
  我是一个导游，我在高雄市中心的旅行社工作。
• She dropped me off downtown in tokyo.
  她在东京同我分手了。
• And I took her to the downtown to see a dentist this afternoon.
  今天下午，我带她到市里面去看牙医了。