go down
1．descend下去Let's go down by the lift．咱们乘电梯下去吧。
Go down and see who is at the door，please．请下去看看谁在门口。
2．lessen；be reduced；undergo a decrease；lose value下降；减少；失去价值
If the wind goes down，we may be able to sail tomorrow．如果风变小了，我们明天就可能出海。
Shares have gone down again by six points．股票又下跌了6点。
Prices are going up all the time；it seems they will never go down．物价总是上涨，看来永远也不会下跌。
The pictures have gone down in value considerably．这些画的价值降低了许多。
3．sink；set 下沉；落下
The ship went down like lead．这只船象铅似地下沉。
The sun has gone down．太阳落山了。
4．be recorded；esp．in writing 记下
This day will go down in history．这一天将载入史册。
Their heroic exploits will go down in history．他们的英雄事迹将会被记入史册。
He will go down in history as a national hero．他将作为一位民族英雄名垂史册。
5．be received or be received favourably被接受；被赞许
How did his lecture go down with the students？他的课学生反映如何？
The play went down very well with the audience．这出戏很受观众的欢迎。
Your explanation won't go down very well．你的解释不能令人满意。
Those proposals are not likely to go down with the majority of the members．那些建议可能不会为大多数成员所接受。
6．become deflated；recede 瘪了；消退
The tyre of my bicycle has gone down．我的自行车轮胎瘪了。
The swelling has gone down a lot．肿消了许多。
7．be swallowed 被咽下
John was delighted that his wife's cooking should go down so well．约翰很高兴，他妻子烧的菜竟是如此地好吃。
The pill won't go down．这药丸吞不下去。
8．fall；collapse 倒下；倒塌
The wall went down with a crash．墙呼隆一声倒塌了。
He went down on his knees and begged for mercy．他跪下来求饶。
9．be defeated or overthrown 被打倒；被推翻
They refused to go down before the invaders．他们不甘为侵略者所征服。
Rome went down before the barbarian invaders．罗马人被野蛮人所征服。
10．fail in an exam考试不及格
I am afraid he has gone down again．我担心他又不及格了。
11．leave university at the end of a term or finally（大学生）学期末放假或毕业前离校
The students have all gone down for the summer vacation．大学生们都离校过暑假去了。
The undergraduates are due to go down today．本科生应该是今天离校。
12．fall on a scale度数下降
On the second day his temperature went down．第2天他的体温下降了。
The pressure has gone down．血压下降了。
13．go bankrupt倒闭
The company went down only a year after it started．那家公司办了一年就倒闭了。
14．go as far as；extend in time延续到
This history book goes down to the French Revolution．这本历史书记述到法国革命为止。