come down
phrasal verbwithcomeverbuk/kʌm/us/kʌm/came|come
(LAND)
B2
tofallandlandon theground:
倒下；落下；降落A lot oftreescame down in thestorm.很多树在暴风雨中倒了。
Ourplanecame down in afield.我们的飞机降落在一处农田里。
Thesnowcame down during thenight.夜里下了雪。
- Theraincame downheavilyallday.
- Theirplanecame down inbadweather.
- Anumberofradiomastscame down in thewinds.
- The church'ssteeplecame down in thestorm.
- All theleaveshave come down now.
Arriving, entering and invading
- annex
- annexation
- be on the sceneidiom
- been
- break
- breaksomeonein
- hit
- interloper
- intrude
- intrusion
- invade
- jump
- jump the queueidiom
- roll up!idiom
- scene
- set foot insomewhereidiom
- show up
- trespass
- turn
- turn out
(LOWER LEVEL)
B2
If apriceor alevelcomes down, itbecomeslower:
（价格或水平）下降，降低Housepriceshave come downrecently.房价近来降了。
Inflation is coming down.通货膨胀率在下降。
to become smaller or less
- decreaseThe tests show that the tumour has decreased in size since we started treatment.
- lessenA healthy diet lessens your risk for cardiovascular disease.
- lowerThey've just lowered the age at which you can join.
- reduceThey've just reduced the price.
- bring downThey are bringing down their prices.
- dropStock prices dropped today after the company's announcement.
informal
tofeellessexcitedafter a veryenjoyableexperience:
（狂喜之后）平静下来Thewholeweekendwas sowonderfulI haven't come downyet.整个周末过得这么精彩，我到现在还没有平静下来。
- Thepriceofcomputershas come down a lot.
- Hertemperatureisstartingto come down at last.
- Hefeelsthatstandardsofliteracyhave come down.
- Unemploymentlevelshave come downdramatically.
Becoming and making smaller or less
- abridgment
- attenuate
- attenuated
- attenuating
- attenuation
- boil
- damp
- falling
- falling-off
- foreshorten
- foreshortened
- go through the flooridiom
- rollback
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- rundown
- sag
- salami slicing
- shave
- telescope
- tumble
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Disappointing yourself and others
(SUPPORT)
[+ adv/prep]
todecidethat yousupportaparticularpersonorsidein anargument, etc.:
决定支持Thegovernmenthas come downon thesideofmilitaryaction.政府决定支持采取军事行动的一方。
Backing, supporting & defending
- adopt
- advocacy
- affirmation
- allyyourselfto/withsomeone
- argumentation
- badge
- bailout
- bet
- champion
- keep the flag flyingidiom
- patronage
- recommended
- red carpet
- reinforce
- right behindsomeoneidiom
- roll out the red carpetidiom
- root
- root forsomeone
- stick together
- sympathetic
(DRUGS)
informal
If apersoncomes down from adrug, theystopfeelingitseffects.
感觉药效已过Drugs - general words
- abstinence
- abstinence-only
- bindle
- biosimilar
- chase
- medicament
- multidrug
- non-intoxicant
- non-intoxicating
- nondrug
- peddler
- push
- shoot
- snort
- spliff
- spliff up
- substance
- substance abuse
- whacked
- wiped out
(UNIVERSITY)
UKold-fashioned
If you come down (from acollegeoruniversity,especiallyOxfordor Cambridge University), youleaveyourstudieseitherpermanentlyor for ashorttime.
（尤指从牛津大学或剑桥大学）离校，毕业University & college education
- academe
- academia
- anti-university
- beadle
- business school
- go up
- grad
- graduate
- hall
- Oxbridge
- Oxon
- pass degree
- poly
- polytechnic
- the groves of academeidiom
- trimester
- university
- varsity
- vice chancellor
- warden
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Departing
(TRAVEL SOUTH)
to go to aplacethat issouthof where youlive:
南下My boyfriend's coming downfromScotlandthisweekend.这个周末我男朋友要从苏格兰来。
They don't come downtoLondon much because it's tootiringwith thekids.他们不经常去伦敦，因为带着孩子太累人。
Visiting
- attraction
- beard the lion (inhis/herden)idiom
- been
- call (in) onsomeone
- call by
- come round
- exchange
- happen along/by(somewhere)
- haunt
- homestay
- house-to-house
- look around(somewhere/something)
- pay
- pop
- stop
- stop by(somewhere)
- stop in
- stop offsomewhere
- stop over
- swing by/past(something)