1、mandate

(政府或經(jīng)選舉組建的機(jī)構(gòu)的)授權(quán)，委托

The President and his supporters are almost certain to read this vote as a mandate for continued economic reform.

總統(tǒng)及其支持者幾乎肯定地認(rèn)為這次投票是對(duì)繼續(xù)進(jìn)行經(jīng)濟(jì)改革的授權(quán)。

The union already has a mandate from its conference to ballot for a strike .

工會(huì)已經(jīng)得到大會(huì)的授權(quán)為罷工進(jìn)行投票。

授權(quán);委托;委任

How much longer does the independent prosecutor have a mandate to pursue this investigation?

獨(dú)立檢察官受命調(diào)查這件事還要多長時(shí)間？

A mandate from the UN would be needed before any plans could be implemented.

執(zhí)行任何計(jì)劃都需要聯(lián)合國的授權(quán)。

授權(quán);委任

He'd been mandated by the West African Economic Community to go in and to enforce a ceasefire.

他受西非經(jīng)濟(jì)共同體的委托介入并執(zhí)行停火協(xié)定。

The elections are mandated by a peace accord signed by the government last May.

選舉是在去年5月政府簽署的和平協(xié)議的授權(quán)下進(jìn)行的。

2、go down

（價(jià)格、水平或數(shù)量）下降，下跌

Income from sales tax went down.

來自銷售稅的收入下降了。

Crime has gone down 70 percent.

犯罪率下降了70%。

跪下；趴下

I went down on my knees and prayed for guidance.

我跪了下來，祈求得到指引。

引起…反響；得到…回應(yīng)

Solicitors advised their clients that a tidy look went down well with the magistrates.

律師告誡當(dāng)事人穿戴整潔會(huì)贏得地方法官的好感。