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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• House prices will continue to spiral downwards.
  房价将继续暴跌。
• 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。
• Inflation is moving firmly downwards.
  通货膨胀率正稳步下降。
• 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。
• 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。
• NZD/ USD moves downwards with low volatility.
  新西兰元/美元向下的动作与低波动。
• 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。