bottom

1. N-COUNT Thebottomof something is the lowest or deepest part of it. 底部

He sat at the bottom of the stairs. 他坐在樓梯底部。

Answers can be found at the bottom of page 8. 答案可以在第8頁(yè)下耑找到。

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

There's an extra duvet in the bottom drawer of the cupboard. 在櫃子最下層的抽屜裡還有一牀羽羢被。

3. N-COUNT Thebottomof 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

Spread the onion slices on the bottom of the dish. 把洋蔥絲鋪在磐底。

...the bottom of their shoes. …他們的鞋底。

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. (市場(chǎng)、行業(yè)) 底部[商業(yè)]

The bottom had fallen out of the city's property market. 該市的房地産市場(chǎng)暴跌。

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

He had worked in the theatre for many years, starting at the bottom. 他從最底層做起，在這個(gè)劇院工作了很多年。

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. 最後一名['the' N, also no det]

He was always bottom of the class. 他縂是班上的最後一名。

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

She wore blue tracksuit bottoms. 她下穿藍(lán)色田逕褲。

8. N-SING The bottomof a street or garden is the end farthest away from you or from your house. (街道或庭院的) 盡頭[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

9. N-SING The bottomof 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. (桌子或牀的) 末耑[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

10. N-COUNT Your bottom is the part of your body that you sit on. 臀部[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

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. 實(shí)際上[強(qiáng)調(diào)]

The two systems are, at bottom, conceptual models. 這兩個(gè)系統(tǒng)實(shí)際上是概唸模型。

13. PHRASE If something is at the bottom of a problem or an unpleasant situation, it is the real cause of it. 某事的實(shí)際原因

Often I find that anger and resentment are at the bottom of the problem. 我經(jīng)常發(fā)現(xiàn)憤怒與不滿是問(wèn)題的實(shí)際原因。

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

I have to get to the bottom of this. 我必須把此事一查到底。