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单词 downbeat
释义
downbeat
adjective
uk
/ˈdaʊn.biːt/us
/ˈdaʊn.biːt/
lackinginexcitementorhope:
Theactualsigningof thetreatywas a downbeataffairwithout anyceremony.条约的签署很低调，并没有举行任何仪式。
Analysts were downbeataboutthe company'sprospects.
Ithoughthe'd be reallyexcited, but heseemedkindof downbeat.我以为他会非常激动，可他看起来却平静低调。
Downbeatmusicisslowand oftensoundssad:
Themusicofpoliticalprotestdoes not have to be downbeat.
Ilistenmostlyto downbeatindiemusic.
More examples
  • Themovielightensthetoneof thenovelbyaddinga fewjokesandchangingthe downbeatending.
  • Somecommentatorsare downbeat about thepotentialforprogress.
  • I'mtiredofreadingdownbeatreportson my generation'sprospectsforretirementand cluelessness aboutsaving.
  • The newalbumis downbeat andelegiac,confirmingthe band'smoveaway from "rock".
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Calm and relaxed
  • (as) cool as a cucumberidiom
  • at (your) leisureidiom
  • be at peace with the worldidiom
  • calmly
  • calmness
  • equilibrium
  • free-flowing
  • gaily
  • genteel
  • happy-go-lucky
  • harmonious
  • peaceably
  • peacefully
  • peacefulness
  • phlegm
  • placid
  • placidly
  • sedate
  • without a care in the worldidiom
  • zen
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upbeat
downbeat
noun[C]
musicspecialized
uk/ˈdaʊn.biːt/us/ˈdaʊn.biːt/
amusicalbeatthat isstressed(=playedmorestronglyorloudly), usually the first in abar:
In thisversion, thedrummerplayson the downbeat.
In thechorussection, the downbeats on 1 and 3 in eachbarareemphasized.
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upbeat
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  • About 10minutesafter theopeningdownbeat, theauditoriumwasplungedintodarkness,bringingthemusicto anabrupthalt.
  • They werewaitingfor the conductor'sbatonto give the downbeat to Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
  • Hissymphonicworkdemandsathoughtfulplacementof downbeats.
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Beats or lengths of musical notes
  • backbeat
  • bar
  • bar line
  • beat
  • common time
  • compound time
  • four-four time
  • half note
  • measure
  • minim
  • octave
  • pause
  • phrase
  • quaver
  • rest
  • simple time
  • sixteenth note
  • three-four time
  • three-quarter time
  • time signature
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(Definition ofdownbeatfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
downbeat
adjective
informal
uk
/ˈdaʊn.biːt/us
/ˈdaʊn.biːt/
quietand without muchexcitement
低调的，不张扬的
Theactualsigningof thetreatywas a downbeataffairwithout anyceremony.条约的签署很低调，并没有举行任何仪式。
Ithoughthe'd be reallyexcited, but heseemedkindof downbeat.我以为他会非常激动，可他看起来却平静低调。
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upbeatinformal

downbeat| Business English

downbeat
adjective
informal
/ˈdaʊnbiːt/uk
us
quietand without muchexcitement:
Theactualsigningof thecontractwas a downbeataffairwithout anyceremony.
without muchhopefor thefuture:
Despite thesurgingshareprice,analystswere downbeat about the company'sprospects.
(Definition ofdownbeatfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdownbeat

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The sharp tutti attack is now the direct result of a turntable scratch, and it marks the syncopated downbeats of chopped and sampled breaks.
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Its title, too, is unfashionablydownbeat, promising no fabulous journey to the centre of the mind, no explanation of consciousness, no epiphany.
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The last of these reflected thedownbeat, darkly realistic nature of the writing.
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On examination, typically in addition todownbeatnystagmus, lower cranial nerve palsies and both gait and limb ataxia are noted.
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This is an attractive pattern because it provides four accents over two measures, and all except the initialdownbeatare syncopated.
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But this can also result from a tendency to overemphasize downbeats so that momentum ebbs.
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For those who value planning, the general tenor isdownbeat.
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The repetition of the harmonics in measure 2 helps us to hear adownbeatdespite the tied note in the bass.
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The process is slowly progressive and invariably there are associated oculomotor findings (particularly spontaneousdownbeatnystagmus).
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This syllable must be recited on the upbeat following the sixthdownbeat(metrical position as tactus).
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The pulse is maintained throughout the held notes while the band's entry on a strongdownbeatsatisfies, perhaps, any lingering sense of metric ambiguity.
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All of the instrumental layers emphasise thedownbeat, even the snare drum.
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However, the failure to resolve the seventh from the previous measure and the open fifth on thedownbeatof measure 26 seem quite uncharacteristic.
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It doesn't have to sound melodramatic and minor, and you don't even have to put it on thedownbeat.
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Here, the riff begins as an anacrusis to a suppressed (deliberately unaccented)downbeat.
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