go down ( going, went, gone, goes )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If a price, level, or amount goes down, it becomes lower or less than it was. (价格、水平或数量等) 下降

  例：

  Income from sales tax went down.

  来自销售税的收入下降了。

  例：

  Crime has gone down 70 percent.

  犯罪率已下降了70%。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you go down on your knees or on all fours, you lower your body until it is supported by your knees, or by your hands and knees. 跪下; 趴下

  例：

  I went down on my knees and prayed for guidance.

  我双膝跪下，祈求得到指引。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you say that a remark, idea, or type of behaviour goes down in a particular way, you mean that it gets a particular kind of reaction from a person or group of people. 引起…反响

  例：

  Lawyers advised their clients that a neat appearance went down well with the judges.

  律师们向其当事人们建议说，整洁的外表会赢得法官们的好感。

• 4. 

  PHRASAL VERB When the sun goes down, it goes below the horizon. (太阳) 下山

  例：

  ...the glow left in the sky after the sun has gone down.

  …太阳下山后留在天空中的余晖。

• 5. 

  PHRASAL VERB If a ship goes down, it sinks. If a plane goes down, it crashes out of the sky. (船只) 沉没; (飞机) 坠毁

  例：

  Their aircraft went down during a training exercise.

  他们的飞机在一次训练演习中坠毁了。

• 6. 

  PHRASAL VERB If a computer goes down, it stops functioning temporarily. (电脑) 出故障

  例：

  The main computers went down for 30 minutes.

  这些主要计算机出了30分钟的故障。

• 7. 

  PHRASAL VERB Something that is going down is happening. 发生 [非正式] [usu cont]

  例：

  The patrol can detect if something is going down or is about to go down.

  巡逻队能发现是否有情况正在发生或即将发生。