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

• 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。
• He lay on the floor face downwards.
  他面朝下趴在地板上。
• The gum collar dips downwards on the inner and outer surface of each tooth but rises between the teeth.
  口香糖衣领倾角向下就内，外表面的每一个齿，但上升之间的牙齿。
• House prices will continue to spiral downwards.
  房价将继续暴跌。
• Ellis evidently wished to negotiate downwards after Atkinson had set the guidelines.
  埃利斯显然希望在阿特金森制定了指导方针后继续往下协商。
• And, so, we saw that the graph is this paraboloid pointing downwards.
  可以看到图像，是一个向下的抛物面。
• If we guide the matter along their course of development, it will proceed as naturally as water flows downwards.
  如因势利导，则如水之就下，极为自然。
• Inflation is moving firmly downwards.
  通货膨胀率正稳步下降。
• 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。
• Aggregate demand and aggregate supply would chase each other downwards.
  总需求和总供给将互相影响，集体下行。