HELP For the special uses of down in phrasal verbs, look at the entries for the verbs. For example, break down is in the phrasal verb section at break.down 在短语动词中的特殊用法见有关动词词条。如 break down 在词条 break 的短语动词部分。at a lower level or rate在低水平；下降◆Prices have gone down recently.最近价格下跌了。◆Output was down by 20%.产量下降了 20%。  ➡  see note at increase having lost the amount of money mentioned亏损；赔钱◆At the end of the day we were $200 down.一天下来，我们亏损了 200 元。if you pay an amount of money down, you pay that to start with, and the rest later付订金；预付◆You can buy this car with no money down.你买这辆汽车不用支付任何订金。◆a cash-down payment现金支付的订金 ●be down to sthto have only a little money left只剩下（很少的钱）◆I'm down to my last dollar.我只剩一个子儿了。  ➡  idiom at cash noun balance carried down buttoned-down close-down completely knocked-down drop-down knock-down pull-down run-down sit-down top-down trickle-down write-down