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1. Oxford Dictionary

   downshift

   • IPA[ˈdaʊnʃɪft]

   英式

   • v.
     change a financially rewarding but stressful career or lifestyle for a less pressured and less highly paid but more fulfilling one；slow down; slacken off
   • n.
     an instance of changing to a less pressured and less highly paid but more fulfilling career or lifestyle；a change in quality or quantity to a lesser or lower degree

   • verb: downshift, 3rd person present: downshifts, gerund or present participle: downshifting, past tense: downshifted, past participle: downshifted

   • noun: downshift, plural noun: downshifts

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. change a financially rewarding but stressful career or lifestyle for a less pressured and less highly paid but more fulfilling one increasing numbers of men want to downshift from full-time work
   • ▪ slow down; slacken off well before the country slipped into recession, business was downshifting
   • 2. North American change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle an inertia system that activates whenever the rider brakes or downshifts

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an instance of changing to a less pressured and less highly paid but more fulfilling career or lifestyle this downshift coincides with his marriage
   • ▪ a change in quality or quantity to a lesser or lower degree the downshift of human position from the centre of the cosmos
   • 2. North American a change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle the chain broke during a downshift on a single-track climb
3. • 更多解釋

   downshift

   • IPA[ˈdounˌSHift]

   美式

   • v.
     change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle.
   • n.
     a change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle.

   Oxford American Dictionary