单词downshift
v.: 换低挡；减慢节奏（为减轻压力而更换工作或生活方式）
网络: 降档；下档；工作降格
（车辆）调到低速挡，换低挡:
to change to a lower gear in a vehicle
减慢节奏（为减轻压力而更换工作或生活方式）:
to change to a job or style of life where you may earn less but which puts less pressure on you and involves less stress
换低档
第三人称单数：downshifts
现在分词：downshifting
过去式：downshifted
In a vehicle with manual transmission, you may downshift into a lower gear as you slow down.
手动档车辆，应在降低车速的同时换低档位至适合的位置。
HSBC forecast that import growth would "moderate" due to slowing domestic demand and a "downshift" in international manufacturing.
汇丰预测，由于国内需求和国际制造业增长双双减缓，中国进口增长可能会“有所缓和”。
A highly-paid executive who wants to downshift to a lower-paid job may need a lot to help supplement her transition and future income.
一位高薪管理人员如果想降格到底薪的工作，那她可能需要一大笔钱补充她过渡期间和今后的收入。
What we need as we begin to downshift onto the information highway is not more information but new ways of looking at it .
当我们开始降档到信息高速公路，我们所需要的不是更多的信息而是发掘它的新途径新方式。
In a vehicle with manual transmission, downshift as you reduce speed.
手动档车辆，在减速时应相应换档至合理档位。
In the U. S. , business surveys last week also pointed to a downshift in industrial activity.
在美国，上周的商业调查也表明工业活跃度有所减弱。
Your status or your dating prospects may be affected if you downshift and others do not.
如果你减速，而其它人没有减速，你的地位或前景可能就会受到影响。
You can also downshift, to slow down, which puts less pressure on your brakes as a whole, allowing them to have an extended life.
您还可以减挡降速，总的说来，您的刹车受力较小，寿命更长。
Millions of middle-class Americans have been forced to "downshift" , as credit dries up and the costs of college and health care soar.
信用卡透支，大学教育和健康医疗费用飙升，数以百万的中产阶级被迫降低生活标准。
The miners that do best in the next five years will be those that use today"s fat profits to prepare for China"s downshift in demand.
矿产商要在未来五年胜出，就得利用今天丰厚的利润为中国需求的下降做好准备。