downshift — İngilizce Sözlük

İsim

1. A change of direction or a movement downwards.

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2. A reduction in quality or quantity.

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

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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.

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   Zıt anlamlılar

   upshift

   Daha genel terimler

   gear change

   Örnekler

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

Fiil

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

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   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   attenuate

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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.

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

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

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   Zıt anlamlılar

   upshift

   Daha genel terimler

   shift gears

   Örnekler

   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.

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

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6. To shift a transmission into a lower gear.

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   Zıt anlamlılar

   upshift

   Örnekler

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

İsim

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

   Daha genel terimler

   change

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

   Daha genel terimler

   change