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1 RESPONSIBLEif an action or decision is down to you, it is your responsibility 由某人负责

It’s down to me to make sure that everyone is happy.

让每个人愉快是我的责任。

→ be up to somebody at up1

Examples from the Corpus

be down to somebody• By his calculations he was down to $ 12,006.• However, monthly inflation, which had reached 123 percent in February, was down to 5 percent by May-June.• By 1970, about 20 percent of the land in cultivation was down to export crops.• Of course, much of this is down to familiarity - knowing where the goal posts are.• Her garters were down to her ankles.• Attendances were down to one million per week.• A few students had left; the class was down to twelve or thirteen.

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2 RESULTto be the result of one person’s actions or one particular thing 是某人/某事的结果，归因于某人/某事

Chris’s success is all down to him.

克里斯的成功完全是他自己努力的结果。

Examples from the Corpus

be down to somebody/something• By his calculations he was down to $ 12,006.• However, monthly inflation, which had reached 123 percent in February, was down to 5 percent by May-June.• Of course, much of this is down to familiarity - knowing where the goal posts are.• Say it was down to fifty.• Her garters were down to her ankles.• Attendances were down to one million per week.• A few students had left; the class was down to twelve or thirteen.

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3 LOW POSITION OR RANKincluding everything or everyone, even the smallest thing or the least important person 下至〔最小的〕某物/〔等级低或职位低的〕某人

Everyone uses the cafeteria, from the managing director down to the office boy.

上至常务董事下至办公室的工友，大家都在食堂用餐。

The plans were all complete down to the last detail.

计划连最后的细节都已经敲定了。

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