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

• House prices will continue to spiral downwards.
  房价将继续暴跌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's spiralling downwards, and I think we're better than that.
  这是螺旋式下降，我认为我们比这更好。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。