downbeat
- adj. 令人沮丧的；悲观的；不强烈的；放松的；轻描淡写的
- n. （乐谱中一个小节的）强拍；（乐队指挥表示要演奏或唱出某个音符时的手势）下拍
[ 复数 downbeats 比较级 more downbeat 最高级 most downbeat ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
downbeat /ˈdaʊnˌbiːt/
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1.
ADJ If people or their opinions are downbeat, they are deliberately casual and not enthusiastic about a situation. 悲观的 [usu ADJ n]
例：...a downbeat assessment of 1992's economic prospects.
...一个对1992年经济前景的悲观评估。
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2.
ADJ If you are feeling downbeat, you are feeling depressed and without hope. 消沉的
例：They found him in a gloomy, downbeat mood.
他们发现他心情沮丧而消沉。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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Which foot gets the down beat, right or left?
哪只脚踩重拍呢，左脚还是右脚。
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And with the first down beat, the drums roaring at the rear of the stage, I knew I'd reached that childhood goal of being "the leader of the band," if only for a moment, if only for a single piece.
随着第一个敲击声的落下，随着鼓声在舞台后方鸣鸣作响，我知道，我达成了童年时想成为“乐队指挥”的目标，哪怕只是一小会，哪怕只是指挥一首小乐曲。
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The sun beat down on his bald pate.
灼热的阳光直射到他那光光的秃顶上。
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They only weigh about twenty-two kilos, so they do not beat down the soil.
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It doesn't really matter but notice that whenever the chords are changing they're changing on down beat.
这倒无所谓,不过注意一下,和弦变化的时候,往往都是在重拍上变化的
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Well, there are four principal ways that composers signal to us the whereabouts of the down beat.
以下有四条主要途径,是作曲家用来告诉我们重拍在哪里的
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