2018-12-25每日一词downhill

downhill作副词意为“向山下”“走下坡路地；每况愈下；恶化地”（=toward a worse state），一般与 go 连用，英英释义：if a situation goes downhill, it gets worse 。当我们想表达一件事情变得越来越糟的时候，除了说 get/become worse, worsen, deteriorate, go from bad to worse 之外，还可以用 go/slide/head downhill 来替代。

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例句：

①今年经济大环境不景气，很多企业融资艰难，业务增长缓慢，不少公司都接连倒闭了，就可以说： 

It has been a tough year for many companies. Many went downhill before going bankrupt.

② 东北三省的经济最近几年来每况愈下，有的省份甚至出现了负增长，就可以说： 

The economy of the northeastern provinces has headed downhill in recent years.

③ 前不久法国发生了大规模的游行示威，情况急转直下，给法国经济带来了很多的打击。我们就可以说： 

The wave of protests sweeping through France started a month ago went downhill and caused France a fortune.

④一些明星的婚姻看似风光，但其实问题不少，最终以离婚收场。我们就可以这么说： 

Some celebrity couples seemed to have an enviable marriage, but their relationships slided downhill and ended in divorce.

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1）翻译下面的句子： 情况正在每况愈下。我们不得不做点什么了。 

Things are going downhill. We have to do something about it.

We have to do something or things will go more downhill.

2）结合自己的生活、学习、工作、兴趣等，想象在什么语境下会用到这个表达。先简要描述这个场景，再造句。 

例子： Winning the election was Obama's high point, and one could argue it has been downhill since

场景 ： 赢得选举时奥巴马最辉煌的时刻，从那以后就开始走下坡路

例子：Some people believe that life begins at 40, but the others especially health campaigners, consider that everything starts to go rapidly downhill after 40, such as physical conditions.

场景：一些人认为到40岁生活才刚刚开始，而另一些人尤其是健康管理者则认为40岁以后一切都开始走下坡路，例如身体状况