bottom /ˈbɒtəm/ CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it. 底部

  例：

  He sat at the bottom of the stairs.

  他坐在楼梯底部。

  例：

  Answers can be found at the bottom of page 8.

  答案可以在第8页下端找到。

• 2. 

  ADJ The bottom thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the lowest one. 最下面的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  There's an extra duvet in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.

  在柜子最下层的抽屉里还有一床羽绒被。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT The bottom of an object is the flat surface at its lowest point. You can also refer to the inside or outside of this surface as the bottom. 底

  例：

  Spread the onion slices on the bottom of the dish.

  把洋葱丝铺在盘底。

  例：

  ...the bottom of their shoes.

  …他们的鞋底。

• 4. 

  N-SING If you say that the bottom has dropped or fallen out of a market or industry, you mean that people have stopped buying the products it sells. (市场、行业) 底部 [商业]

  例：

  The bottom had fallen out of the city's property market.

  该市的房地产市场暴跌。

• 5. 

  N-SING The bottom of an organization or career structure is the lowest level in it, where new employees often start. 最底层 ['the' N, oft N 'of' n]

  例：

  He had worked in the theatre for many years, starting at the bottom.

  他从最底层做起，在这个剧院工作了很多年。

• 6. 

  N-SING If someone is bottom or at the bottom in a survey, test, or league, their performance is worse than that of all the other people involved. 最后一名 ['the' N, also no det]

  例：

  He was always bottom of the class.

  他总是班上的最后一名。

• 7. 

  N-COUNT The lower part of a swimsuit, tracksuit, or pair of pyjamas can be referred to as the bottoms or the bottom. 服装的下半部

  例：

  She wore blue tracksuit bottoms.

  她下穿蓝色田径裤。

• 8. 

  N-SING The bottom of a street or garden is the end farthest away from you or from your house. (街道或庭院的) 尽头 [英国英语]

• 9. 

  N-SING The bottom of a table is the end farthest away from where you are sitting. The bottom of a bed is the end where you usually rest your feet. (桌子或床的) 末端 [英国英语]

• 10. 

  N-COUNT Your bottom is the part of your body that you sit on. 臀部 [英国英语]

• 11. 

  → see also rock bottom

• 12. 

  PHRASE You use at bottom to emphasize that you are stating what you think is the real nature of something or the real truth about a situation. 实际上 [强调]

  例：

  The two systems are, at bottom, conceptual models.

  这两个系统实际上是概念模型。

• 13. 

  PHRASE If something is at the bottom of a problem or an unpleasant situation, it is the real cause of it. 某事的实际原因

  例：

  Often I find that anger and resentment are at the bottom of the problem.

  我经常发现愤怒与不满是问题的实际原因。

• 14. 

  PHRASE If you want to get to the bottom of a problem, you want to solve it by finding out its real cause. 彻底查明某事

  例：

  I have to get to the bottom of this.

  我必须把此事一查到底。