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

• 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。
• 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。
• Start to pull the new loop downwards and across to the right.
  开始以新的拉环向下和跨越的权利。
• So, we have a parabola going downwards in one direction, upwards in the other one.
  得到的是在一个方向上开口向下，而在另外的一个方向开口向上的抛物线。
• He works backwards, building a house from the top downwards.
  他把工序倒过来了，从上往下建房子。
• House prices will continue to spiral downwards.
  房价将继续暴跌。
• Huawei also yesterday revised downwards the outlook for its enterprise business, its youngest but fastest-growing division.
  昨天，华为还下调了对企业业务部门的业绩预期，这是公司最年轻、也是增长最快的业务部。
• 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。
• 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。
• This may be upwards or downwards, we will assume it is upwards.
  它既可能朝上，也可能朝下，我们就假定朝上。