come down (a) collapse 塌下; 坍塌: The ceiling came down. 天花板塌了. (b) (of rain, snow, etc) fall （指雨、 雪等）落下 The rain came down in torrents. 下著傾盆大雨. (c) (of an aircraft) land or fall from the sky （指飛行器）著陸, 從空中掉下 We were forced to come down in a field. 我們被迫在田地里著陸. Two of our fighters came down inside enemy lines. 我方有兩架戰斗機墜落在敵方. (d) (of prices, the temperature, etc) become lower; fall （指價格、 溫度等）降低; 下降 The price of petrol is coming down/Petrol is coming down in price. 汽油價格在下跌. come `down (from...) (Brit) leave a university (esp Oxford or Cambridge) after finishing one's studies 大學畢業（尤指於牛津或劍橋） When did you come down (from Oxford)? 你什麼時候（從牛津）大學畢業的? come down (from...) (to...) come from one place to another, esp from the North of England to London, or from a city or large town to a smaller place 從一處來到另一處（尤指從英格蘭北部到倫敦或由城鎮到較小的地方） We hope to come down to London next week. 我們希望下星期南下到倫敦. They've recently come down from London to live in the village. 他們最近已經從倫敦搬到鄉村來住. come `down on sb (infml 口) (a) criticize sb severely; rebuke sb 申斥某人; 訓斥某人 Don't come down too hard on her. 不要太嚴厲地申斥她. (b) punish sb 懲罰某人 The courts are coming down heavily on young offenders. 法庭從嚴懲處年輕罪犯. come down on sb for sth (infml 口) demand (payment or money) from sb 向某人索取（報酬或錢） His creditors came down on him for prompt payment of his bills. 債權人催他盡快付帳. come down to sb be passed from one generation to another 一代傳一代 stories that came down to us from our forefathers 祖祖輩輩傳下來的故事. come down to sth/doing sth (infml 口) be forced by poverty, etc to do sth that one would never do normally; be reduced to sth 因貧窮等被迫去做正常情況下決不做的事; 淪落為... He had come down to begging. 他已淪為乞丐. come down to sth (a) reach as far down as (a specified point) 下垂到（某一點） Her hair comes down to her waist. 她的頭發垂到腰部. (b) be able to be summarized as sth; be a question of sth 可歸結為某事物; 是某事物的問題 It comes down to two choices you either improve your work, or you leave. 歸結起來有兩條出路 你或者改進工作, 或者辭職. The whole dispute comes down to a power struggle between management and trade unions. 全部爭論其實就是資方與工會間的權力斗爭. come down with sth become ill with (an illness) 得某病; 因某病病倒 I came down with flu and was unable to go to work. 我得了流感, 不能去上班.