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

• Drop your weapon and step away from sergeant sullivan.
  放下武器，放开苏利文警官。
• As the train passed, the listener heard the pitch drop, and as the train moved away the note sounded lower than what the musician was playing and hearing.
  当着火车经过的时候，听众听到音调开始降低，而当火车远离时，听众听到的音符比音乐家自己演奏和听到的要低。
• Shake twice, firmly, then let the hand drop away.
  握两次手，然后让双方的手自然松开。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mom, I can't just drop everything and move away.
  妈，你不能就这么一走了之。
• The gems drop away.
  掉落的宝石。
• 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。
• 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。