downhill 英 [ˌdaʊnˈhɪl]   美 [ˈdaʊnˈhɪl]

downhill

downhill  英 [ˌdaʊnˈhɪl] 美 [ˈdaʊnˈhɪl]

adv. 下坡;向下;每况愈下  adj. 下坡的;容易的  n. 下坡;滑降 

名词复数:downhills 

His health was getting steadily worse.; His health went steadily downhill. 他的健康每况愈下。
You might be feeling like your life right now is one giant downhill slope. 你或许感到现在你的生活是一个巨大的向下的斜坡。

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  • adv. 下坡;向下;每况愈下
  • adj. 下坡的;容易的
  • n. 下坡;滑降
  • 1. His health was getting steadily worse.; His health went steadily downhill.

    他的健康每况愈下。

  • 2. You might be feeling like your life right now is one giant downhill slope.

    你或许感到现在你的生活是一个巨大的向下的斜坡。

  • 3. At that time our relations were going upwards, but since then they have been going downwards [downhill].

    那时我们的关系是走上坡路, 此后就开始走下坡路了。

  • downhill 1590s (n.); 1650s (adv.), 1727 (adj.), from down (adv.) + hill (n.). Meaning "downhill skiing race" is from 1960.
down·hill adverb , adjective , noun downhill downhills adverb / ˌdaʊnˈhɪl ; NAmE ˌdaʊnˈhɪl / towards the bottom of a hill; in a direction that goes down 向山下;向下 to run/walk/cycle downhill 跑╱走╱骑车下山 OPP uphill IDIOM ˌgo downˈhill to get worse in quality, health, etc. (质量、健康等)每况愈下,走下坡路,恶化 SYN deteriorate Their marriage went downhill after the first child was born. 自第一个孩子出生后他们的婚姻便开始走下坡路了。 adjective / ˌdaʊnˈhɪl ; NAmE ˌdaʊnˈhɪl / going or sloping towards the bottom of a hill 下山的;下坡的;下斜的 a downhill path 下山的路 OPP uphill IDIOM be (all) downhill | be ˌdownhill all the ˈway ( informal) 1 to be easy compared to what came before (与前面的相比较)容易 It's all downhill from here. We'll soon be finished. 从这以后就容易了。我们很快就会结束。 2 to become worse or less successful 每况愈下;走下坡路;不断恶化 It's been all downhill for his career since then, with four defeats in five games. 从那时起他的战绩便江河日下,五场比赛输掉了四场。 I started work as a journalist and it was downhill all the way for my health. 我开始当记者后,身体每况愈下。 noun / ˈdaʊnhɪl ; NAmE ˈdaʊnhɪl / [uncountable ] the type of skiingin which you go directly down a mountain; a race in which people skidown a mountain (滑雪)速降,速降比赛 compare cross-country down·hill / ˌdaʊnˈhɪl ; NAmE ˌdaʊnˈhɪl /
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