Aussprachen (2)
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/ˈdaʊnʃɪft/
Hinweise zur Aussprache
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈdaʊnˌʃɪft/
Hinweise zur Aussprache
- General-American
Substantiv
A change of direction or a movement downwards.
Gebrauch- Canada
- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
A reduction in quality or quantity.
Gebrauch- Canada
- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
A change in career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
Gebrauch- Canada
- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
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.
Gebrauch- Canada
- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
- Antonyme
- Oberbegriffe
- Beispiele
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The driver, Lindsay, gave me a regal wave at the top after he had completed a series of perfect downshifts[.]
Verb
To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)
Gebrauch- Canada
- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
- transitiv
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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.
To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
Gebrauch- Canada
- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
- transitiv
To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.
Gebrauch- Canada
- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
- transitiv
- Antonyme
- Oberbegriffe
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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.
To function at a lower rate; to slacken.
Gebrauch- Canada
- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
- intransitiv
To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.
Gebrauch- Canada
- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
- intransitiv
To shift a transmission into a lower gear.
Gebrauch- Canada
- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
- intransitiv
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In a stick-shift vehicle, the driver must downshift when necessary; in an automatic, the transmission downshifts as needed.
Substantiv
a change from a financially rewarding but stressful career to a less well paid but more fulfilling one
- Oberbegriffe
a change to a lower gear in a car or bicycle
- Oberbegriffe