downwards

英 [ˈdaʊnwədz]

美 [ˈdaʊnwərdz]

adv.  向下

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.6850 / COCA.25950

牛津词典

adv.

• 向下
  towards the ground or towards a lower level
  1. She was lying face downwards on the grass.
     她俯卧在草地上。
  2. The garden sloped gently downwards to the river.
     花园向河边呈缓坡倾斜。
  3. It was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the US president downwards.
     这一政策受到了美国总统乃至全世界领导人的欢迎。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 向下;往下
  If you move or lookdownwards, you move or look towards the ground or a lower level.
  1. Benedict pointed downwards again with his stick...
     贝内迪克特用他的拐棍又往下指了指。
  2. She gazed downwards...
     她朝下望去。
  3. The child lay face downwards.
     那孩子趴着。
• ADV (数量、比率等)呈下降趋势地
  If an amount or rate movesdownwards, it decreases.
  1. Inflation is moving firmly downwards.
     通货膨胀率正稳步下降。
• ADV （自…）以下;往下
  If you want to emphasize that a statement applies to everyone in an organization, you can say that it applies from its leaderdownwards.
  1. ...from the Prime Minister downwards.
     自首相以下的每个人

英英释义

adv

• spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
  1. don't fall down
  2. rode the lift up and skied down
  3. prices plunged downward
  Synonym:downdownwarddownwardly

双语例句

• To water your planets, you tilt the controller downwards as you would a bucket.
  要给庄稼浇水，你要向下倾斜手柄就像你拿着一个水桶一样。
• Others floated gently downwards or even sideways.
  其他则缓缓地向下漂浮，甚至朝着侧面漂浮。
• This has resulted in the totals for several countries being revised downwards.
  由于数个国家的统计结果被修正下调，所以导致了总体数量的下降。
• At that time our relations were going upwards, but since then they have been going downwards [ downhill].
  那时我们的关系是走上坡路，此后就开始走下坡路了。
• We should not rush too soon to base policy on an assumption that trend output has shifted downwards.
  我们不应过于匆忙地将政策建立在趋势产出已向下位移的假设基础上。
• The margin of a water hazard extends vertically upwards and downwards.
  水障碍区边界垂直向上下两个方向延伸。
• NZD/ USD moves downwards with low volatility.
  新西兰元/美元向下的动作与低波动。
• Benedict pointed downwards again with his stick
  贝内迪克特用他的拐棍又往下指了指。
• Raise one foot, curl the toes and point the foot downwards
  抬起一只脚，弯曲脚趾，使脚尖朝下。
• Car sales also rose in July, and initial claims for unemployment insurance have been on a downwards trend.
  汽车销售量与七月份相比也有增加，失业保险的预计数量也出现了下降的趋势。