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降 [jiàng] 动

1. ■ （落下） fall; drop; descend; come down:

降雨 a fall of rain; rainfall;

电梯缓缓地降到底楼。 The elevator descended slowly to the ground floor.

墨西哥城大约每隔十年降一次雪。 About once in ten years snow falls on Mexico City.

温度降到摄氏零下十度。 The temperature dropped to minus ten degrees centigrade.

2. ■ （使落下; 降低） lower; reduce:

把军官降为士兵 reduce an officer to the ranks;

降价 lower prices;

水手们降下了救生艇。 The sailors lowered a lifeboat.

名

1. ■ （姓氏） a surname:

降晖 Jiang Hui

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