中英慣用短語:
  • vt.  降壓力, 使減壓, 使降壓   depressurize
  • adj.  降失業率應是政府經濟政策的頭等大事.   The reduction of unemployment should be paramount in the government's economic policy
  • n.  降低定額值,降級   derating
  • n.  降工資的决定激怒了工人.   The decision to reduce pay levels incensed the work-force
  • v.  降低成本以增加利潤   increase profits by reducing costs
  • v.  降低我們各校的水平.   diluting standards in our schools
  • n.  降或減弱某事物(如下落或打擊)的衝撞力   break the force of sth reduce or weaken the impact of sth such as a fall or blow
  •   降所得稅的標準稅率. Cf 參看 capital levy (capital2).   reduce the standard rate of income tax
  • n.  降某事物令人厭惡的程度.   sweeten the pill make sth unpleasant seem less unpleasant
  • v.  降低某事物的價錢.   cheapen the cost of sth
  •   降低某方面的關稅   Eliminate tariffs on…
  •   降低氧化物濃度   oxidant concentration reduction
  •   降自己的身分, 自甘墮落   lower oneself
  • v.  降自己的道德標準做某事   doing sth lower one's moral standards to do sth
  • v.  降自己的道德標準(以致做出某事)   lower one's moral standards so far (as to do sth)
  •   降調子; 使顔色調和; 使緩和   tone down