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

• 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。
• 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 child lay face downwards.
  那孩子趴着。
• 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。
• 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。
• He lay on the floor face downwards.
  他面朝下趴在地板上。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。