Meaning
- To move from a higher position to a lower one.
- To drop or become lower in price, level or amount.
- To be inherited or transmitted through generations.
- To criticize or punish someone harshly.
- To settle, calm, or return to a regular state after emotion or drugs.
Today's Sentences
01
Sounds like the rain came down pretty hard.
Situation
Don’t forget your umbrella, it’s pouring!
別忘了帶雨傘，外面正在下大雨！
Too late.
I stepped outside and now I’m soaked.
太遲了。
我走到外面，現在全身都濕透了。
我走到外面，現在全身都濕透了。
Sounds like the rain came down pretty hard.
聽起來雨下得很大。
You know that saying, “When it rains, it pours.”
您知道那句俗語「When it rains, it pours」嗎？
02
I keep telling him to come down.
Situation
Your cat has been on that branch for an hour.
您的貓已經在那根樹枝上待了一個小時。
I know!
I keep telling him to come down.
我知道！
我一直告訴他下來。
我一直告訴他下來。
Maybe he’s enjoying the view.
也許他正在享受風景。
Or maybe he’s waiting for me to climb up and embarrass myself.
或者他在等我爬上去出糗。
Writer's Note
"Come down" is a transitive, intransitive, and inseparable phrasal verb. Let’s break down the types together.
「Come down」是一個及物、不及物且不可分的片語動詞。讓我們一起來分解這些類型。
- Transitive - Transitive phrasal verbs require an object to complete their meaning, while intransitive ones do not have an object.
Structure: "Subject + come down on + object"
Example 1: The teacher came down on them for talking.
Example 2: My parents came down on me for coming home late.
Example 3: The cops came down on him for lying. - Intransitive - An intransitive verb does not need a receiver of the action which can end a sentence on its own.
Structure: "Subject + come down on + object"
Example 1: The cat finally came down from the tree.
Example 2: The balloon came down after losing air.
Structure: "Subject + come down (to + amount)"
Example 3: Prices have come down recently.
Example 4: His fever finally came down after the medicine.
Structure: "Subject + come down (to + amount)"
Example 3: The tradition came down from ancient times.
Example 4: The recipe has come down in our family for years. - Inseparable - When an object cannot be placed between the particle and the verb.
Structure: "Subject + come down"
Example 1: Something big is coming down tonight.
Example 2: We had no idea what was coming down next.
Structure: "Subject + come down to + noun/decision"
Example 3: It all comes down to what you really want.
Example 4: The decision came down to two candidates.
Transitive - 及物片語動詞需要一個受詞來完成其意義，而不及物動詞則沒有受詞。
Structure: "Subject + come down on + object"
Example 1: The teacher came down on them for talking.
Example 2: My parents came down on me for coming home late.
Example 3: The cops came down on him for lying.
Structure: "Subject + come down on + object"
Example 1: The teacher came down on them for talking.
Example 2: My parents came down on me for coming home late.
Example 3: The cops came down on him for lying.
不及物動詞 - 不及物動詞不需要接受動作的對象，能夠獨立結束句子。
結構: "Subject + come down on + object"
例子 1: The cat finally came down from the tree.
例子 2: The balloon came down after losing air.
結構: "Subject + come down (to + amount)"
例子 3: Prices have come down recently.
例子 4: His fever finally came down after the medicine.
結構: "Subject + come down (to + amount)"
例子 3: The tradition came down from ancient times.
例子 4: The recipe has come down in our family for years.
結構: "Subject + come down on + object"
例子 1: The cat finally came down from the tree.
例子 2: The balloon came down after losing air.
結構: "Subject + come down (to + amount)"
例子 3: Prices have come down recently.
例子 4: His fever finally came down after the medicine.
結構: "Subject + come down (to + amount)"
例子 3: The tradition came down from ancient times.
例子 4: The recipe has come down in our family for years.
不可分開的 - 當一個物件不能被放在介系詞和動詞之間時。
結構：主詞 + come down
例子 1：今晚有大事要發生。
例子 2：我們完全不知道接下來會發生什麼。
結構：主詞 + come down to + 名詞/決定
例子 3：這一切都取決於你真正想要的是什麼。
例子 4：決定落在了兩位候選人之間。
結構：主詞 + come down
例子 1：今晚有大事要發生。
例子 2：我們完全不知道接下來會發生什麼。
結構：主詞 + come down to + 名詞/決定
例子 3：這一切都取決於你真正想要的是什麼。
例子 4：決定落在了兩位候選人之間。
Related words: Descend, diminish, drop, fall, lessen, lower, result, settle, sink, decrease.
相關詞彙: Descend, diminish, drop, fall, lessen, lower, result, settle, sink, decrease.
