go down with

英 /ɡəʊ daʊn wɪð/美 /ɡoʊ daʊn wɪð/

动词短语

患(病);被接受;与…一起沉没

用法示例

  1. She went down with a bad cold and had to stay in bed.她得了重感冒,不得不卧床休息。
  2. The captain refused to leave the ship and went down with it.船长拒绝离船,与船同沉。
  3. The new policy went down well with the employees.新政策在员工中反响良好。
  4. Half the team went down with food poisoning after the picnic.野餐后,队里一半人食物中毒。
  5. His joke went down badly with the audience.他的笑话在观众中反响不佳。
  6. He went down with a fever the night before the exam.考试前夜他发烧了。

含义详解

该短语的本义是“与…一起下沉”,如船只沉没时“go down with the ship”。由此引申出两个主要义项:一是“患(病)”,如“go down with flu”,这是因为疾病使人“倒下”,如同被击倒;二是“被接受、被认可”,如“The idea went down well with the audience”,指观点如同船只般“下沉”到听众心中,获得接纳。

适用语境

日常口语中常用来表示生病,如“I think I'm going down with something.”。新闻报道中用于描述船只沉没或某种观点被接受。文学作品中也可见“go down with the ship”的比喻用法,表示坚持到底。商务语境中较少使用,但“go down well with”可形容提案或产品受欢迎。

用法须知

该短语通常作不及物动词短语,后接宾语时用介词“with”。常见句型有“go down with + 疾病”表示患病;“go down with + 人/物”表示被接受或随同沉没。注意“go down”本身是不及物的,但“with”后必须接名词或代词。易错点在于不要混淆“go down”和“come down”,前者表示离开或下沉,后者表示下降或从高处下来。

相似词辨析

与“come down with”相比,两者都表示患病,但“come down with”更强调突然发作,而“go down with”更侧重逐渐感到不适。与“be accepted”相比,“go down well with”更口语化,且带有主观感受。与“sink with”相比,“go down with”更常用于比喻意义。

常见误区

该短语偏口语化,正式写作中较少使用。表示患病时,多用于轻微或常见的疾病,如感冒、流感。表示“被接受”时,通常用于正面评价,如“went down well”。注意避免误用为“go down with”表示“下降”,那是不及物的“go down”。

常见搭配

  • go down with flu
  • go down with a cold
  • go down with the ship
  • go down well with
  • go down badly with
  • go down with something