downtown

英 [ˈdaʊntaʊn , ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn]

美 [ˈdaʊntaʊn , ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn]

adv.  在市中心，往市中心(尤指商业中心区)
n.  市中心区; （市中）商业区

比较级：downtowner　

高考考研TOEFLIELTS

Collins.2 / BNC.18944 / COCA.3116

牛津词典

adv.

• 在市中心，往市中心（尤指商业中心区）
  in or towards the centre of a city, especially its main business area
  1. to go/work downtown
     到商业中心区去；在商业中心区工作

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 商业区的;市中心的
  Downtownplaces are in or towards the centre of a large town or city, where the shops and places of business are.
  1. ...an office in downtown Chicago.
     位于芝加哥市中心的办事处
  2. Downtownis also an adverb.
     
  3. By day he worked downtown for American Standard...
     白天他在市中心为美标公司工作。
  4. You have to be downtown in a hurry.
     你得赶快去市中心。
  5. Downtownis also a noun.
     
  6. ...in a large vacant area of the downtown.
     在市中心的一大块空地上
  7. ...Ardastra Gardens, a short taxi ride from downtown.
     阿德斯特拉公园，离市区车程不远

英英释义

noun

• the central area or commercial center of a town or city
  1. the heart of Birmingham's downtown
  Synonym:business district

adj

• of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center
  1. downtown Manhattan
  2. delinquents roaming the downtown streets

adv

• toward or in the lower or central part of town

双语例句

• Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven are walkable if you stay at a downtown hotel.
  紫禁城和天坛是步行游览如果你留在市中心的一个酒店。
• My father joined the City Club, which occupied three top floors of an office building downtown.
  我父亲参加了城市俱乐部，它占据了市中心一个办公楼最顶部的三层。
• I am a tour guide, and I work for a travel agency in downtown Kaohsiung.
  我是一个导游，我在高雄市中心的旅行社工作。
• McNally now owns a clutch of uberchic downtown celebrity hangouts.
  如今麦克内利在市中心拥有一片极其时尚的高档休闲场所。
• We went for a walk downtown.
  我们去城里散步了。
• We walked a couple of blocks until we came upon the downtown El Paso Public Library.
  我们走了几个街区，来到了市中心的埃尔帕索公共图书馆。
• I've been downtown and I saw just what I wanted.
  我去了市区，看到了一件我正想要的东西。
• The entire downtown Manhattan lost power.
  整个曼哈顿市中心都停电了。
• This was, New York apart, the first American city I had ever been in where people actually lived downtown.
  除了纽约，这是我到过的第一个人们确实住在市中心的美国城市。
• Even if it rains in the afternoon, I will go downtown with you.
  即使下午有雨，我也和你一起去市里。