"the down staircase"
"the downward course of the stream"
"he lay face downward"
"the downward pull of gravity"
"don't fall down"
"rode the lift up and skied down"
"prices plunged downward"
1.下降的;向下的
Adownward movement or look is directed towards a lower place or a lower level.
e.g. ...a firmdownward movement of the hands.
双手有力的向下摆动
2.趋向没落的;衰退的;局势变坏的
If you refer to adownward trend, you mean that something is decreasing or that a situation is getting worse.
e.g. Thedownward trend in home ownership is likely to continue.
拥有房屋所有权者人数减少的趋势可能会持续。
e.g. ...a decline in the economy, resulting in a generaldownward spiral.
经济上的衰退导致了总体上的螺旋式下降。
1. 向下:Heckhausen和Brim等人(9)进一步解释:当客观标准缺失时,老年人更倾向于把自己与他人作向下(downward)比较(即与比自己差的人作比较). 老年人对这种与他人比较的差异表现出愉悦,愉悦的程度更甚于年轻人. 向下比较为主要控制提供了动机来源,
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2. 下降:Poisonous: toxic 有毒的 | Decrease; fall, drop, plunge, decline, step back,downward, minimize, abate下降 | Increase: rise, go up, surge, grow, 上升
3. downward
3. 下向的:downpour 注下 |downward 下向的 |downward current 下降流下向流
副词::downwardly