- 1v/kʌm ˈdaʊn/come down (price, level drops)下降
If a price, number, or level comes down, it becomes lower than it was before.
「come down」在這裡是指價格、數字或溫度「往下掉、變低」。想成原本在高處的數字慢慢「移到比較低的位置」。down 的核心畫面就像「往低處移動」——價格 come down 就是數字往下走。常聽到 prices come down、temperature comes down。
示範例句 · Example
Phone prices usually come down a few months after a new model comes out.
中文翻譯手機價格通常在新型號出來後幾個月會降下來。
- 2v/kʌm ˈdaʊn/come down (on price, haggle)降價
To agree to sell something at a lower price than you first asked for.
這個 come down 是賣東西的人「把開價往下調」、願意收比較少的錢。常接 to + 金額：come down to $80（降到 80 元）。跟價格下降一樣的畫面，只是這次是「人主動把數字往低處移」，從高的開價移到比較低的成交價。
常見搭配
come down to
降到（某金額）
to accept a lower stated amount
The dealer came down to a price we could afford.
come down on the price
在價格上讓步
to lower the asking price
Can you come down on the price a little?
意思相近
lower the pricereducedrop the pricetake less
意思相反
hold firmraise the price
- 3v/kʌm ˈdaʊn/come down (travel, visit)南下（來訪）
To travel to a place, especially one that is south of you or away from a big city, to visit someone.
這個 come down 是「往南邊、或離開大城市，到對方所在的地方來」。說話的人通常就在那個目的地等你。中文常說「南下」「下來這邊」。注意要用 come（朝說話者來），不是 go（離開說話者）。
- 4v/kʌm ˈdaʊn/come down (fall)落下；倒下
To fall to the ground, especially rain, snow, or something tall like a tree.
這個 come down 是「從高處掉到地面」——雨、雪「落下來」，大樹在風暴中「倒下來」。東西從上方移動到地面的畫面。雨 come down 是往下落，樹 come down 是倒到地上。常聽到 rain comes down、a tree came down。
- 5v/kʌm ˈdaʊn/come down (decide, take a side)做出決定（支持某一方）
To finally decide to support one person, idea, or side after thinking about it.
這個 come down 是經過考慮後「落定、站到某一邊」，常接 in favour of（支持）或 on the side of（站在…那一邊）。想成意見原本在空中飄，最後「落定」到一個最終結論——從考慮中往下停在一個決定上。
- 6v/kʌm ˈdaʊn/come down (calm down)平靜下來
口語To start to feel calm and normal again after being very or very happy.
這個 come down 是指心情從非常興奮、很 high 的狀態「慢慢回到平常、冷靜下來」。把高昂的情緒想成在高處，興奮過後情緒「往下回到平地」、回到日常。常聽到 come down after a big event。
常見搭配
come down after (an event)
在某事之後平靜下來
to calm down following something exciting
It takes me a while to come down after a big game.
come down from a high
從興奮中平復
to return to normal feelings after great excitement
He was slow to come down from the high of winning.
意思相近
calm downsettle downrelaxcool downunwind
意思相反
get excitedget worked up
- 7v/kʌm ˈdaʊn/come down (off a drug)藥效退去
口語To stop feeling the effects of a strong drug, as those effects slowly wear off.
這個 come down 是醫療／成人語境下的用法，指「強效藥物的作用慢慢消退、人回到正常狀態」，屬於認得就好的進階意思。跟情緒平復一樣，把藥物造成的高張狀態想成在高處，作用退去就是「往下回到平常」。
- 8v/kʌm ˈdaʊn/come down (leave university)（大學）畢業離校
To leave a university after you have finished a period of study there.
這是比較老式的英式用法，指「讀完一段書、從大學離開」，現在比較少聽到，認得就好。早期英國人把進大學想成「上去」(go up)，讀完離開就是「下來」(come down)，回到一般生活。
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
come downverb
- 1
To descend, fall down, collapse.
- A tree came down and hit me on the head.
- After a clap of thunder, down came the rain.
- 2
To be demolished.
- The damage sustained in the fire is so great that the whole building will have to come down.
- 3
To decrease.
- Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom.
- 4
To reach or release a decision.
- I can't guess which way the board will come down on the project.
- The decision in Doe v. Smith came down this morning.
- 5
To be passed through time.
- Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs.
- 6
To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.
- He finally came down from his post-bonus high.
- Navarre is in superb control of his prose, distorting it more and more as the poppers mint Luc's mind, clarifying it as he comes down.
- 7
To rain.
- It's coming down heavily now.
- 8
To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.
- Raju had got a job with a law firm in Singapore after coming down from Oxford.
另外 2 個記錄的用法
- 9
Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen; to occur; to transpire.
- 10
slangTo behave in a particular way.
- He's been coming down angry all day.
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