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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Slide servo motor vertically downwards and remove.
  垂直向下滑动伺服电机并将其拆下。
• 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。
• 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 muscle runs obliquely downwards inside the abdominal cavity.
  这肌肉在腹腔内倾斜地向下延伸。
• He works backwards, building a house from the top downwards.
  他把工序倒过来了，从上往下建房子。
• Benedict pointed downwards again with his stick
  贝内迪克特用他的拐棍又往下指了指。
• House prices will continue to spiral downwards.
  房价将继续暴跌。