English Dictionary

downshift

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdaʊnʃɪft/

動詞

カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 他動詞 自動詞

To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.) / To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.

日本語の意味

品質や量、効果、範囲、速度などを低下させる、もしくはそのような状態になるようにする。 / 収入はあまり多くないが、ストレスが少なく個人的に充実した生活やキャリアへと転換する。

After the initial burst of publicity, the campaign decided to downshift its outreach to focus on community events.

最初の宣伝の盛り上がりの後、キャンペーンは地域のイベントに集中するために広報活動を縮小することに決めた。

意味（1）

To reduce (something) in quality or quantity (as effect, scope, speed, etc.)

But in this variation on Superbad's wild night of transgression, downshifting the age of the protagonists from teen to tween actually only enhances the stealth, wide-eyed innocence that secretly drives this genre of pre-college hedonism.

意味（2）

To change (one's career or lifestyle) to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.

意味（3）

(automotive, cycling) To shift (a car or bicycle) into a lower gear.

He brought the car to a stop before the bridge, downshifted and then put her at the road again in a rising disciplined snarl along the N.6 to Cannes.

意味（4）

To function at a lower rate; to slacken.

意味（5）

To change one's career or lifestyle to one which is not as well paid but less stressful and more personally rewarding.

意味（6）

(automotive, cycling) To shift a transmission into a lower gear.

In a stick-shift vehicle, the driver must downshift when necessary; in an automatic, the transmission downshifts as needed.

downshifts （ present singular third-person ）

downshifting （ participle present ）

downshifted （ participle past ）

downshifted （ past ）