Definition of one-down in English:

one-down

adjective

informal

At a disadvantage in a game or a competitive situation.
a one-down position
Example sentencesExamples
- England have for years started one-down whenever the opponents were Australia, no matter what the sport.
- The classic example is ‘men don't ask for directions’; to do so frames them as one-down, a person needing help, and the direction-giver as one-up, a person with superior knowledge.
- This was his first Test in over a year, and his 15th at the problematic one-down position.
- Torrance clearly believes in Potter's First Law of Gamesmanship: if you are not one-up, then you are one-down.

Definition of one-down in US English:

one-down

adjectiveˌwənˈdoun

informal

At a disadvantage in a game or a competitive situation.
a one-down position
Example sentencesExamples
- This was his first Test in over a year, and his 15th at the problematic one-down position.
- The classic example is ‘men don't ask for directions’; to do so frames them as one-down, a person needing help, and the direction-giver as one-up, a person with superior knowledge.
- Torrance clearly believes in Potter's First Law of Gamesmanship: if you are not one-up, then you are one-down.
- England have for years started one-down whenever the opponents were Australia, no matter what the sport.

单词	one-down
释义	Definition of one-down in English: one-down adjective informal At a disadvantage in a game or a competitive situation. a one-down position Example sentencesExamples England have for years started one-down whenever the opponents were Australia, no matter what the sport. The classic example is ‘men don't ask for directions’; to do so frames them as one-down, a person needing help, and the direction-giver as one-up, a person with superior knowledge. This was his first Test in over a year, and his 15th at the problematic one-down position. Torrance clearly believes in Potter's First Law of Gamesmanship: if you are not one-up, then you are one-down. Definition of one-down in US English: one-down adjectiveˌwənˈdoun informal At a disadvantage in a game or a competitive situation. a one-down position Example sentencesExamples This was his first Test in over a year, and his 15th at the problematic one-down position. The classic example is ‘men don't ask for directions’; to do so frames them as one-down, a person needing help, and the direction-giver as one-up, a person with superior knowledge. Torrance clearly believes in Potter's First Law of Gamesmanship: if you are not one-up, then you are one-down. England have for years started one-down whenever the opponents were Australia, no matter what the sport.
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