downshift — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A change of direction or a movement downwards.

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense

2. A reduction in quality or quantity.

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense

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

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense

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.

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense

   Contrari

   upshift

   Termini più generali

   gear change

   Esempi

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

Verbo

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

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense
   • transitivo

   Sinonimi

   attenuate

   Esempi

   Altri esempi (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.

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense
   • transitivo

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

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense
   • transitivo

   Contrari

   upshift

   Termini più generali

   shift gears

   Esempi

   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.

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense
   • intransitivo

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

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense
   • intransitivo

6. To shift a transmission into a lower gear.

   Uso

   • Canada
   • uso statunitense
   • intransitivo

   Contrari

   upshift

   Esempi

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

Sostantivo

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

   Termini più generali

   change

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

   Termini più generali

   change