drop away

英 [drɒp əˈweɪ]

美 [drɑːp əˈweɪ]

陡峭; 减少，下降

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (地势)走低,降低
  If land or grounddrops away, it slopes down so that it is at a lower level to where you are or from a particular point that has been mentioned.
  1. To the south the hills dropped away to farmland...
     山势在南边一路下倾延伸至农田。
  2. From the house, the garden drops away, surrounded by a rural scene of woodland.
     从房子的位置,花园开始变低,四周树木葱郁，一派田园风光。

英英释义

verb

• get worse
  1. My grades are slipping
  Synonym:slipdrop offfall away

双语例句

• Don't battle against hate, don't say how terrible it is to hate people, but see hate for what it is and let it drop away; brush it aside, it is not important.
  不要和仇恨的感觉作战，不要说恨人是多么糟的事，只要观察恨是什么，然后把它丢掉。
• At least he had the good grace to drop his smile and look away from me.
  他至少能通情达理地收起笑容并把目光从我身上移开。
• Do not drop away at critical moments.
  关键时刻千万不能掉链子。
• As time passes, the details drop away and only the broad outlines remain.
  随着时间的流逝，细节被忘却，主要的轮廓保留下来。
• Mother: I think it is about to drop away. A new tooth is going to grow out soon.
  妈妈：我想它是要掉了，新的牙很快就要长出来了。
• Theory and prototype date are analyzed, at the same time the suppose that cancel underground clarification basin is proved by model test of Yao river dam power station reservoir drop sands and gate bay sweep away sands.
  在理论分析、原型资料分析的同时，进行了姚河坝水电站水库沉沙及闸首冲沙模型试验，对取消地下沉沙池的设想加以检验。
• Marcus's manager wants Marcus to drop whatever he is doing and fix the critical bug right away.
  Chris的经理希望Chris放下手边的任何工作，并立即修改该关键错误。
• I squirmed around so that I could go down feet first and, keeping my other hand on the stone overhead, I found that the ceiling did not drop as the stairs did but drew away as the stair descended.
  我蠕动着转过身，这样我就能先把脚伸下去，并把我的一只手放在头顶的石头上，我发现天花板没有随着楼梯降低。
• But at an altitude of1.6km a specially designed descent stage bearing the rover will drop away from this vehicle.
  但是在海拔1.6km处，设计了一个特殊的下降平台，负荷着探测器脱离母舱的重力。
• He told me to drop everything and come over straight away.
  他要我放下手头的一切，马上过来。