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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So I have to project my voice downwards.
  所以，我有项目我的声音调低。
• Slide servo motor vertically downwards and remove.
  垂直向下滑动伺服电机并将其拆下。
• 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。
• 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。