downhill

down·hill1 /ˌdaʊnˈhɪl◂/ adverbadv

1 BOTTOMtowards the bottom of a hill or towards lower land 向山下[低地] OPP uphill

I was going downhill and my brakes failed.

我正开车下山，车坏了。

2 go downhill WORSEif a situation goes downhill, it gets worse 〔情况〕恶化，每况愈下 SYN deteriorate

Grandma fell and broke her leg, and she went downhill quite rapidly after that.

奶奶跌了一跤，摔断了腿，此后情况恶化得很快。

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go downhill• After he lost his job, things went downhill.• The whole thing is going downhill.• You feel the situation is going downhill.• Moving in together was a mistake, and things rapidly went downhill.• After that, things started to go downhill.• Cruel observers may remark that he's been going downhill ever since.• I said I didn't like baseball, and the interview went downhill from then on.• When things started to go downhill, Kyle began looking for another job.• The evening had gone downhill since she asked about the coat.• Things have been going downhill since the kitchen help moved into the classroom.• Life seems to have gone downhill since the younger one was born.• Monta o accuses the city of deliberately forcing the neighborhood to go downhill, the better to justify a future land grab.

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downhill• You feel the situation is going downhill.• I awoke in pain, still hung over from the Nembles, and from there I proceeded to stumble downhill.• Nora guessed that if there was a fox in there and if it broke, it would seek first to go downhill.• The wind was strong from them to me so eventually they would scent me when they'd passed downhill.• After we get to the top it'll be downhill all the way to Kendal.• It was downhill in top gear now.• The truck rolled downhill into a parked car.• They have different styles: Warren runs downhill, looking to make cuts, while Broussard is more explosive.• The men had been in unknown country, chasing the boar uphill, when the rule is to chase downhill only.• We set off downhill towards the lake.

downhill2 adjectiveadj

1 HORIZONTALon a slope that goes down to a lower point 下坡的 OPP uphill

downhill skiing

速降滑雪

It’s a long walk back, but at least it’s all downhill.

回程要走的路很长，所幸都是下坡路。

2 be all downhill (from here)/be downhill all the way (from here) EASYto be easy to do, because you have already done the hard part （从此）都是容易做的，一切都好办了

The worst is over – it’s all downhill from here.

最坏的已经过去——现在开始一切都顺利了。

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downhill• Since the Second World War it has all been downhill.• When she arrived at the edge of the covert, she made her way cautiously along its downhill fringes.• The third was a downhill par-four of 286 yards on which par was an exceptionally pleasing score.• He grabbed one out of my hand and lined up a tough 10-foot downhill putt.• I faced an uphill challenge with a downhill set of assets.• But somewhere along the line, downhill skiing was too much of a chore and an expense.• a downhill slide

From Longman Business Dictionary

downhilldown·hill /ˌdaʊnˈhɪl/ adverbadv

if something that was successful is going downhill, it is starting to fail, and is getting gradually worse

Sales had peaked in 2005 at $3.8 million but had gone steadily downhill.

down·hill1 adverbadvdownhill2 adjectiveadj

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