Downing Street
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++Dow·ning Street /ˈdaʊnɪŋ striːt/ noun PGthe government or prime minister of Great Britain 唐宁街；英国政府；英国首相 Downing Street declined to comment on the allegations. 英国政府拒绝就那些说法发表意见。
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Downing Street• On hearing of the agreement in Poona, MacDonald returned hastily to 10 Downing Street.• The Wilkins Micawber of 11 Downing street tells us to wait and see.• Such an elaborate defence is said to have appalled Downing Street.• I give a number of dinners for industrialists at Downing street, and the dinner for business men was no different.• But Mr Milburn, under pressure from Downing Street for a more radical approach, decided to scrap regulations blocking treatment abroad.• Devon and Cumbria, among the worst hit by the disease, were leading contenders to entertain the Downing Street family.Dow·ning Street nounChineseSyllable
Great the prime Britain or minister Corpus of government
Downing Street
Dow‧ning Street /ˈdaʊnɪŋ striːt/
noun
the government or Prime Minister of Great Britain:
Downing Street declined to comment on the allegations.
Dow‧ning Street /ˈdaʊnɪŋ striːt/
nounthe government or Prime Minister of Great Britain:
Describing a decrease 描述下降
◆ Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.去年牛津的汽车犯罪显著下降。 ◆ Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.* 12 个月内汽车犯罪下降了约四分之一。 ◆ The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780,a fall of 26 per cent.被盗汽车数量从 1 013 辆减少到 780 辆，下降了 26%。 ◆ According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26% down on the previous year.根据这份数据，780 辆车被盗，比去年下降了 26%。 ◆ There was an 11% drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.机动车财物盗窃案件数量下降了 11%，从 1 971 下降到 1 737。 ◆ These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards .这些数据表明，就汽车犯罪而言，大趋势是下降的。