a revealing gown一件袒胸露肩的女服She was arrayed in a black velvet gown.她穿着一件黑色天鹅绒长礼服。...an old headmaster in a flowing black gown.身着宽松黑礼袍的老校长She slopped about her room, unkempt and dishevelled, in her tawdry dressing - gown.她不修...

grown-up的近义词有：adult, grown-up, mature。下面这些形容词均有"成年的，成熟的"的含义：adult ：一般指生理上的童年期已结束，达到法定年龄。grown-up ：多用于口语，含义与adult基本相同，但更侧重脱离儿童阶段，已成大人，与childish意思相反。mature ：用于生物时，指完全长好了。用于人时，指达到了生命的黄金时期，但所暗示的青少年和成年之间的界限不明显。...

v.减轻…的重要性，贬低，轻视( downplay的过去式和过去分词 )...

You couldn't be so heartless as to disown him.你不能那么没心肝,连认都不认他.You couldn’t be so heartless as to disown him.你不能那么没心肝,连认都不认他。The man who murdered the girl is no son of mine. I disown him.杀害那女孩的人不配做我的儿子。我要与他脱离关系。I’ll ...

因某些场合的需要而穿得朴素些，责骂，斥责，训斥...

The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗.His early experience enabled him to break down barriers between Scottish Catholics and Protestants.他早年的经历使他能够消除苏格兰天主教徒和新教徒之间的隔阂。When marriages ...

n.（尤指永久的）停工，停业，倒闭，（电台或电视台在一天的播送后）停止播放...

Customers know that our stocktake sales offer genuine markdowns across the store.顾客们知道我们的清仓大甩卖是实实在在的全场降价。...

James was renowned as a forward thinker.詹姆斯以其前瞻性的思想而负盛名。Italians are world renowned for their love of crossbow and none more so then the Genoese.意大利人因为热爱十字弓而享誉世界,其中尤以热那亚人为甚.Vandals seriously damage artwork by the renowne...

Townsend harbours no regrets.汤森心中无怨无悔。Henry spent enough money to make Lynn Townsend look like a beggar.享利的那种大手大脚地乱花钱的做法使得汤森相形之下简直象个叫花子.Noah Townsend did step down as chief of medicine.诺亚·汤森特的确不再担任内科主任....

v.否认，否认与…有关系，断绝与…的关系( disown的第三人称单数 )...

n.昆斯敦...

（使）煮浓成，浓缩成，归结为…...

The report downplayed the effects of large class sizes in schools.报告对学校大班级规模的影响一带而过.Some analysts downplayed the significance of RIM's flat shipments and sales.一些分析师并不认为RIM当季出货量和销售额持平有什么问题.Officials last month downp...

（火）减弱，（使）烧毁，焚毁...

downfall的近义词/同义词有：ruin, upset, decline, defeat, overthrow, failure, decay, flood, downpour, rainstorm, cloudburst, failure, overthrow, defeat, downpour, upset, flood, cloudburst, ruin, rainstorm。n.downfall的近义词（坠落;垮台,没落）：...

How do we prevent these continual breakdowns?我们如何防止这些一再出现的故障?...breakdowns in communications and electric power grids.通信系统与输电网的中断Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns.她的旧车老不听使唤，一路上总是出故障。Her ol...

downhearted的近义词/同义词有：depressed, sad, melancholy, glum, discouraged, dejected, downcast, despondent, cheerless, wretched, blue。adj.downhearted的近义词（沮丧的;消沉的）：depressed, sad, melancholy, glum, discouraged, dejected, downcast...

It is expected that the new owner will change the yacht's name.估计新主人会给游艇改名。The owner insisted on Cool Ground running in the Gold Cup.主人坚持要让“酷地”参加金杯赛马会。The car must be returned to its rightful owner.这辆车必须归还给真正的主人。...

Some analysts downplayed the significance of RIM's flat shipments and sales.一些分析师并不认为RIM当季出货量和销售额持平有什么问题.The report downplayed the effects of large class sizes in schools.报告对学校大班级规模的影响一带而过.The capitalistic mode of p...

The announcement came after a three-hour Cabinet meeting in Downing Street.在唐宁街进行了长达3个小时的内阁会议后发布了这份公告。...Downing Street's press office.唐宁街新闻办公室Speaking outside Ten Downing Street, she declared that she would fight o...

n.衰落（comedown的复数形式）...

touchdowns的音标：...

letdown的音标：letdown的英式发音音标为：['let'daʊn]letdown的美式发音音标为：['lɛtˌdaʊn]...

A wave of superstitious fear spread among the townspeople.盲目的恐惧感在市民中蔓延。The townspeople received billets ordering them to lodge the regiment overnight.镇民接到命令,要为一团官兵提供一夜住宿.The flood cut the townspeople off from the rest of...

v.预知，先知( foreknow的过去分词 )...

embrowning的音标：...

eiderdowns的音标：...

The city will tear down the building and create a park.该市将拆掉这幢大楼，在这儿建个公园。He asked one of his helpers to borrow some hammers and tear down the Buddhist sculptures.他吩咐帮手去借几个铁锤,让原先几座塑雕委曲一下.The city will tear down these buil...

He rode uptown and made his way to Bob's apartment...他乘车前往城外鲍勃的公寓。New uptown is nearby the high way.新住宅区紧挨高速公路。Susan continued to live uptown...苏珊继续住在市郊。...a flash uptown restaurant...城郊富人区的豪华饭店They live in an apart...