1、get down

使沮喪；使憂郁

At times when my work gets me down, I like to fantasize about being a farmer.

有時當(dāng)工作讓我沮喪時，我喜歡幻想自己是一個農(nóng)場主。

俯身；跪下；趴下

She got down on her hands and knees on the floor.

她雙手撐地跪在地上。

'Get down!' she yelled. 'Somebody's shooting!'

“趴下！”她大聲喊道，“有人開槍！”

寫下；記下

The idea has been going around in my head for quite a while and now I am getting it down on paper.

這個想法在我腦海里縈繞許久了，我現(xiàn)在就將它寫在紙上。

（費(fèi)力地）吞下；勉強(qiáng)咽下

I bit into a hefty slab of bread and cheese. When I had got it down I started talking.

我咬了一大塊面包和奶酪，強(qiáng)咽下去之后開始說話。

2、challenge

挑戰(zhàn);難題

I like a big challenge and they don't come much bigger than this.

我喜歡大的挑戰(zhàn)，而所有挑戰(zhàn)中再沒有比這更大的了。

The new government's first challenge is the economy.

新政府面臨的第一個難題是經(jīng)濟(jì)問題。

(成功地)應(yīng)對挑戰(zhàn)，迎接挑戰(zhàn)

The new Germany must rise to the challenge of its enhanced responsibilities.

一個嶄新的德國必須迎接挑戰(zhàn)，承擔(dān)更多的責(zé)任。

They rose to the challenge of entertaining 80 schoolchildren for an afternoon.

他們一個下午成功接待了80名學(xué)童。