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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

下去 [xiàqù]
  1. 1. verb [指由高到低] go down
  2. 2. verb [指时间的延续] continue
  3. 3. verb [用于动词后,指空间上]
    从楼上跳下去
    jump from a building
    把部队从前线撤下去
    withdraw troops from the front line
  4. 4. verb [时间上的持续]
    这口气他忍不下去。
    He won't be able to go on in that vein.
  5. 5. verb [指数量下降]
    高烧已经退下去了。
    His temperature has already gone down.
  6. 6. verb [指程度深化]
    天气有可能热下去。
    The weather will probably go on getting hotter.
    他狠不下去心戒毒。
    He's unable to endure detox any longer.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

下去 [xiàqù]
  1. 1. go down; descend
    下去看看是谁在敲门。
    Go downstairs and see who 's knocking at the door.
    到站了，快下去。
    Here we are, let's get off at once.
  2. 2. go down to a place regarded as lower or below; step down (from the stage, platform, etc.)
    你应该下去了解一下情况。
    You should go down there to size up the situation.
  3. 3. lessen; be reduced; go down
    他的气还没下去吗？
    Hasn't he calmed down yet?
  4. 4. (indicating motion toward a lower or farther position) down (there)
    跳下去
    jump down
    从窗口扔下去
    throw sth. down through the window
    洪水退下去了。
    The flood has receded.
  5. 5. go on (doing something); continue
    坚持下去
    stick it out
    她激动得说不下去。
    She was so overcome with emotion that she couldn't go on.
  6. 6. (used after an adjective, indicating increasing degree) develop; grow
    看来天气还会冷下去。
    It seems it will get even colder.
    她一天天地瘦下去。
    She's getting thinner every day.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

下去 [xiàqù]
  1. 1. 动 指离开说话人所在的位置。a)到低处去
    下去就轮到他了。
  2. 2. 动 表示事物从有到无
    肿块下去了。
  3. 3. 动 用在动词后。 a)表示动作由高到低；由上到下等
    人一天天瘦下去怎么得了！
  4. 4. 耲口语中有时读轻声，参见"上去(ｑù)""上去(ｑｕ)"的提示。脲"下来""下去"都可用在形容词后，但二者语义不同。"形+下来"侧重表示开始出现，"形+下去"侧重表示继续发展。例如"他吃了药，真的瘦下来了"，是说他原来比较胖，现在开始瘦了一些；而"他得了癌症，一天天瘦下去了"，是说他现在已经瘦了，还会越来越瘦。
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Examples

再等下去是白费时间。
It's waste of time to wait any longer. → 白费
百无聊赖时我就随手抓过一本书来，强迫自己看下去。
In times of sheer boredom I would pick up a book and force myself to read. → 百无聊赖
说到这里，她满眼泪花，声音悲哽，不能说下去了。
At this point her eyes filled with tears, and her voice choked with sobs, she was unable to go on. → 悲哽
让人口这样增长下去，那可不得了。
If population is allowed to grow like this, disaster will overtake us. → 不得了
他打算在这儿长久住下去。
He's thinking of living here permanently. → 长久
他沉默了一会儿又继续说下去。
After a moment's silence he went on. → 沉默
你这样下去非出娄子不可。
You are bound to get (or run) into trouble if you go on like this. → 出娄子
她心里揣想着接下去会发生什么情况。
She was trying to figure out what would happen next. → 揣想
他端起一碗水，咕嘟咕嘟地喝了下去。
He took up a bowl of water and gulped it down. → 咕嘟
把墙上的漆刮下去
scrape the paint off the wall → 刮
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Word Decomposition

下
[xià] 		+ 去
[qù]

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下去在中文中有很多用法，如走下去， 从楼上...


by della

2007.04.13 0 0 Good 1 / Bad 0

太阳落下去。 The sun went down.


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