downshift
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈdaʊn.ʃɪft]
- 美式音标 [ˈdaʊn.ʃɪft]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- 變慢；降低速度, 生活方式, 捨棄高薪職位換工作, 車輛, 換低速擋，減擋。
英汉例句
- After several years of strong growth, the laptop market is downshifting to a slower, but hopefully steady, pattern of growth. 經過幾年的強勁增長以後，手提電腦市場正在放慢速度，進入一種慢一些但可望更穩定一些的增長狀態。
verb [ I ]
(WORK SLOWER)
(WAY OF LIVING)
(VEHICLE)
英英字典
- (WORK SLOWER) to become slower; to work at a slower speed
- (WAY OF LIVING) to leave a job that is well paid and difficult in order to do something that gives you more time and satisfaction but less money
- (VEHICLE) to change to a lower gear when driving, to reduce power and speed