downshift — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. A change of direction or a movement downwards.

   الاستعمال

   • Canada
   • استعمال أمريكي

2. A reduction in quality or quantity.

   الاستعمال

   • Canada
   • استعمال أمريكي

3. A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.

   الاستعمال

   • Canada
   • استعمال أمريكي

4. A shift of a transmission into a lower gear, as dictated by heavier load on the engine, as for example when climbing a hill or strongly accelerating.

   الاستعمال

   • Canada
   • استعمال أمريكي

   الأضداد

   upshift

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   gear change

   أمثلة

   The driver, Lindsay, gave me a regal wave at the top after he had completed a series of perfect downshifts[.]

فعل

1. To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)

   الاستعمال

   • Canada
   • استعمال أمريكي
   • متعدٍ

   مرادفات

   attenuate

   أمثلة

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   But in this variation on Superbad's wild night of transgression, downshifting the age of the protagonists from teen to tween actually only enhances the stealth, wide-eyed innocence that secretly drives this genre of pre-college hedonism.

2. To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.

   الاستعمال

   • Canada
   • استعمال أمريكي
   • متعدٍ

3. To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.

   الاستعمال

   • Canada
   • استعمال أمريكي
   • متعدٍ

   الأضداد

   upshift

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   shift gears

   أمثلة

   He brought the car to a stop before the bridge, downshifted and then put her at the road again in a rising disciplined snarl along the N.6 to Cannes.

4. To function at a lower rate; to slacken.

   الاستعمال

   • Canada
   • استعمال أمريكي
   • لازم

5. To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.

   الاستعمال

   • Canada
   • استعمال أمريكي
   • لازم

6. To shift a transmission into a lower gear.

   الاستعمال

   • Canada
   • استعمال أمريكي
   • لازم

   الأضداد

   upshift

   أمثلة

   In a stick-shift vehicle, the driver must downshift when necessary; in an automatic, the transmission downshifts as needed.

اسم

1. a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   change

2. a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   change