bottom /ˈbɒtəm/ star4 CET4 TEM4 (bottoms)

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  N-COUNT（可数名词） Thebottomof something is the lowest or deepest part of it. 底部

  例：

  He sat at the bottom of the stairs.

  他坐在楼梯底部。

• 2.  

  ADJ（形容词） The bottom thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the lowest one. 最下面的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  There's an extra duvet in the bottom drawer of the cupboard.

  在柜子最下层的抽屉里还有一床羽绒被。

• 3.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） Thebottomof an object is the flat surface at its lowest point. You can also refer to the inside or outside of this surface as the bottom. 底

  例：

  Spread the onion slices on the bottom of the dish.

  把洋葱丝铺在盘底。

• 4.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） If you say that the bottom has dropped or fallen out of a market or industry, you mean that people have stopped buying the products it sells. (市场、行业) 底部 [商业]

  例：

  The bottom had fallen out of the city's property market.

  该市的房地产市场暴跌。

• 5.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） The bottomof an organization or career structure is the lowest level in it, where new employees often start. 最底层 ['the' N, oft N 'of' n]

  例：

  He had worked in the theatre for many years, starting at the bottom.

  他从最底层做起，在这个剧院工作了很多年。

• 6.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） If someone is bottom or at the bottom in a survey, test, or league, their performance is worse than that of all the other people involved. 最后一名 ['the' N, also no det]

  例：

  He was always bottom of the class.

  他总是班上的最后一名。

• 7.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） The lower part of a swimsuit, tracksuit, or pair of pyjamas can be referred to as the bottoms or the bottom. 服装的下半部

  例：

  She wore blue tracksuit bottoms.

  她下穿蓝色田径裤。

• 8.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） The bottomof a street or garden is the end farthest away from you or from your house. (街道或庭院的) 尽头 [英国英语]
• 9.  

  N-SING（单数型名词） The bottomof a table is the end farthest away from where you are sitting. The bottom of a bed is the end where you usually rest your feet. (桌子或床的) 末端 [英国英语]
• 10.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） Your bottom is the part of your body that you sit on. 臀部 [英国英语]
• 11.  

  （） → see also rock bottom
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  PHRASE（习语） You use at bottom to emphasize that you are stating what you think is the real nature of something or the real truth about a situation. 实际上[强调]

  例：

  The two systems are, at bottom, conceptual models.

  这两个系统实际上是概念模型。

• 13.  

  PHRASE（习语） If something is at the bottom of a problem or an unpleasant situation, it is the real cause of it. 某事的实际原因

  例：

  Often I find that anger and resentment are at the bottom of the problem.

  我经常发现愤怒与不满是问题的实际原因。

• 14.  

  PHRASE（习语） If you want to get to the bottom of a problem, you want to solve it by finding out its real cause. 彻底查明某事

  例：

  I have to get to the bottom of this.

  我必须把此事一查到底。