downshift

down shift |ˈdounˌSHift ˈdaʊnˌʃɪft | ▶verb [ no obj. ] change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle. • slow down; slacken off: well before the country slipped into recession, business was downshifting. • change a financially rewarding but stressful career or lifestyle for a less pressured and less highly paid but more fulfilling one: they want to downshift from full-time work. ▶noun a change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle. • a change in quality or quantity to a lesser or lower degree: the downshift of human position from the center of the cosmos. • an instance of changing a financially rewarding but stressful career or lifestyle for a less pressured and less highly paid but more fulfilling one.

downshift

down |shift |ˈdaʊnʃɪft | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 N. Amer. change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle. • slow down; slacken off: well before the country slipped into recession, business was downshifting. 2 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. ▶noun 1 N. Amer. a change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle or bicycle. 2 an instance of changing to a less pressured and less highly paid but more fulfilling career or lifestyle.

downshiften

down shif ten schwaches Verb bildungssprachlich |ˈda͜unʃɪftn̩ |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « (besonders im Berufsleben ) sich mäßigen, zur Ruhe kommen, entspannen und dadurch bewusst auf Aufstieg, Konsum und Luxus o. Ä. verzichten

Downshifter

Down shif ter Substantiv, maskulin , der

Downshifterin

Down shif te rin Substantiv, feminin , die

Downshifting

Down shif ting Substantiv, Neutrum bildungssprachlich , das |ˈda͜unʃɪftɪŋ |das Downshifting; Genitiv: des Downshiftings, Plural: die Downshiftings zu amerikanisch to downshift = herunterschalten, zurückschalten, zu: shift = Schaltung das Downshiften

downshift

d ó wn sh ì ft 動詞 自動詞 1 ｟米 ｠(車のギアを )シフトダウンする .2 仕事を楽にして生活を楽しむ .他動詞 ｟米 ｠〈ギア 〉をシフトダウンする .名詞 C シフトダウン .