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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.drop; fall; decline; come down
温度降到摄氏零下十度。
The temperature dropped to minus ten degrees centigrade.
失业率已经降到了最低点。
Unemployment is touching the basement.
电梯缓慢地降到底楼。
The elevator descended slowly to the ground floor.
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- 2
v.reduce; cut down; lower
今年的水果降价了。
The price of fruit has gone down this year.
课程在学生的欢笑声中降下帷幕。
The class drew to a close with the laughter of the students.
水手们降下了救生艇。
The sailors lowered a lifeboat.
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Words and phrases with 降
- 降序[word]grade down
- 降幅[word]range of decrease
- 降雨[word]rain
- 降旗[word]lower a flag
- 降香[word]dalbergia wood
- 降临[word]befall
- 降级[word]downgrade; send to a lower grade
- 降等[word]degradate
- 降旨[word]issue an imperial edict
- 降格以求[idiom]fall back on something inferior to what one hoped for
- 降心相从[idiom]submit to others against one's will