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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Slide servo motor vertically downwards and remove.
  垂直向下滑动伺服电机并将其拆下。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• So, we have a parabola going downwards in one direction, upwards in the other one.
  得到的是在一个方向上开口向下，而在另外的一个方向开口向上的抛物线。