...from the chairman right down to the tea ladies.

...a little girl down with that nasty bout of measles.

在麻疹肆虐时染病的小女孩

Interest rates came down today...

今天利率下调了。

After two rings I put down the phone...

响了两声后，我放下了电话。

Inflation will be down to three percent...

通货膨胀率将降到 3%。

Thirteen months down, twenty-four years to go.

过去了 13 个月，还有 24 年。

Demonstrators chanted 'down with the rebels'.

示威者高呼“打倒叛徒”。

He calmed them at a word.

他一句话,就把他们镇定下来了.

At a word from his owner the dog moved to heel.

主人一招呼,狗就跟在他身后了.

Matches only when not at a word boundary.

只有不在单词边界时才匹配.

At a word from her you will be dismissed.

凭她的一句话你就会被解雇.

I have seen you tremble and lose countenance at a word.

我看到你听到那话后马上身子发抖,脸色也变了.

I can mount his enthusiasm at a word.

我只要说一句话就可以激发他的热情.

At a word from him you can be fired, you know.

你知道的,只要他讲一句话你就会被解雇.

Sometimes they will go back to look again at a word which has been passed.

有时候他们会立即回过头再看看发生过的事.

She asked him for employment in his office but he refused it at a word.

她要求到他的事务所里找一份工作,但他当即拒绝了.

The murderer was shot to death at a word.

谋杀者立刻被一枪打死.

The word "you" can be singular or plural.

单词you可以是单数也可以是复数。

Scientific stories titillate the fancy of the school boys.

科学故事使小学生们的想象力活跃起来.

The teacher collected all the pupils in front of the classroom buildings.

老师把小学生招集在教学楼前.

As a schoolboy, he showed every sign of genius.

当他还是个小学生的时候, 就显示出了天资聪慧.