英语释义

1. a decrease or reduction in size or amount
a step-down in dosage

2. serving to decrease voltage
a step-down transformer

3. retire, resign

4. to lower (a voltage) by means of a transformer

5. to decrease or reduce especially by one or more steps

英汉例句

• Even if Mr Saleh stepped down peacefully, Yemen「s future would remain bleak.

  尽管萨雷先生平静的走下来，也门的前途仍暗淡无光。

• As such, Qaddafi insists that he has no official position in Libya; he claims that he stepped down from power in 1977 and that the people rule themselves.

  正如国名所指，卡扎菲坚称自己在利比亚无任何官方职务，他声称他1977年就已经下台，现在是人民自己统治自己。

• Were this not Japan, Mr Hatoyama might have stepped down by now.

  如果不是在日本，鸠山先生现在可能已经下台了。

• Not Ingrid, but her older sister Marta, stepped down from the train.

  因为，在他的眼前，正走下火车的不是英格里德，而是她的姐姐玛塔！

• I gradually stepped down my career well in advance of having children, as I」ve discussed before, and I have few regrets about my decision.

  在生孩子很早之前我就逐渐淡出了职场，我以前也谈到过，对这个决定我没什么遗憾。

• Fidel Castro stepped down as Cuba’s president, handing over the job to his younger brother, Raúl, whose plans to reform the island’s communist economy were slowed by two devastating hurricanes.

  古巴总统菲德尔·卡斯特罗下台，传位给他的弟弟劳尔·卡斯特罗，劳尔改革国内社会主义经济的计划被两场毁灭性的飓风所推迟。

• Then the beetle stepped down into the rich mud, where sat three young lady beetles, who tittered, because they did not know what to say.

  随后金龟子就下到了这块风水宝地，那坐着三个年轻的金龟子，因为不知道说啥好而在那傻笑。

• Earlier this year, Fidel Castro, who ruled Cuba for decades, stepped down and ceded power to his brother, Raul.

  今年早些时候，统治了古巴数十年的菲德尔·卡斯特罗将权力移交给了他的弟弟劳尔。

• I stepped down to take a picture and I put my hand on my camera.

  我从台阶上下来，手指搭在相机上準备拍摄一张照片。

• Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple「s chief executive in August because of his health.

  史蒂夫·乔布斯因健康问题在八月份辞去苹果行政长官一职。

• A. When I stepped down as dean of computing in 2009, we had just come through a big transformation of computer science at Georgia Tech.

  当我在2009年从计算学院院长一职上卸任，佐治亚理工学院的计算机科学已经经历了一场重大的变革。

• And so, for the first time since Mr Koizumi stepped down in 2006, Japan」s prime minister gives every impression of being in charge.

  因此，自2006年小泉纯一郎下台后，日本首相首次给人以全面掌控局势之印象。

• I stepped down from the tomb and said thank you.

  我从上面走下来，对他们说了谢谢。

• Starting with the 「parameters」 laid out by President Bill Clinton before he stepped down in 2000, he needs to present his own detailed two-state plan—and soon.

  他可以从克林顿总统2000年卸任前设定的一些参数着手，需要尽快展现出自己针对巴以两国的方案；

• Than Shwe understandably fears being hung out to dry, as happened to his predecessor, General ne Win, who stepped down in 1988 and was later arrested.

  他的前任奈温将军正是如此。奈温在1988年下台，后来被捕。

• He waited at the front of the platform until he could hear my train approaching, then he calmly stepped down on to the tracks and looked directly at me as he waited for the impact.

  他候在站台线前，直到可以听到我的列车缓缓驶入，他平静地从站台走了下来，直视着我，等待着被沖撞。

• His heart beat with eager anticipation, then stopped with a sinking thud. Not Ingrid, but her older sister Marta, stepped down from the train.

  他的心嘭嘭作响满怀期盼。但是又猛的一沉。从火车上走下来的人不是英格丽德而是她的姐姐玛尔塔。

• Nicolas Sarkozy stepped down as France's interior minister to concentrate on running for the French presidency.

  尼古拉·萨尔科齐已正式宣布辞去法国内部大臣的职务，专心投入总统竞选。

• The dog raced up the path leading to the track and the two nearly collided with him as they stepped down on the familiar trail to home.

  狗沖上通向铁轨的小路，母女两走下通往家的熟悉小路时，几乎和狗撞了满怀。

• Perhaps he should have stepped down from the ivory tower and addressed concrete issues.

  或许，他本应该走出象牙塔，来解决更实际的问题。

• A strong supporter, in cabinet and on the backbenches, of involving private firms in the provision of public services, Alan Milburn has stepped down too.

  推行私有公司需大力支持公共服务的前内阁成员兼后座议员的阿兰·米尔博也选择了离开。

相似词

abatement减少；消除；减轻

decline下降；衰落；谢绝

decrease减少，减小；减少量；减少过程

decrement渐减；减缩；衰减率

dent凹痕；削弱；减少

depletion消耗；损耗；放血

depression沮丧；忧愁；抑郁癥；洼地；不景气；低气压区

diminution减少，降低；缩小

drop滴；落下；空投；微量；滴剂

fall秋天的

falloff下降，减少；分开；减退

loss(Loss)人名；(匈)洛什；(法、德、意)洛斯

reduction减少；下降；缩小；还原反应

shrinkage收缩；减低

相反词

boost促进；增加；支援

enlargement放大；放大的照片；增补物

gain增加；获利

increase增加；增大；提高；增强

increment[数] 增量；增加；增额；盈余

raise(Raise) （意、法、英、美）雷兹（人名）

rise（数量或水平的）增加；加薪；（权利等）增强；上升；小丘；（诱饵）游上水面；源头；（楼梯的）级高；晋升；出现

uptick小幅增加，微升；报升（股票成交价格比上一个交易的微高）