downwards

adverb

/ˈdaʊnwədz/

/ˈdaʊnwərdz/

(also downward especially in North American English)

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towards the ground; towards a lower place or position向下
- She was lying face downwards on the grass.她俯卧在草地上。
- The garden sloped gently downwards to the river.花园向河边呈缓坡倾斜。
opposite upwards (1)
Language Bank fall
fallDescribing a decrease描述下降
- Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.去年牛津的汽车犯罪显著下降。
- Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.12 个月内汽车犯罪下降了约四分之一。
- The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.被盗汽车数量从 1 013 辆减少到 780 辆，下降了 26%。
- According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.根据这一数据，共有780辆汽车被盗，同比下降26%。
- There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.汽车盗窃案的报案数量下降了11%，从1 971起下降到1 737起。
- These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.这些数据表明，就汽车犯罪而言，大趋势是下降的。
Topics Change, cause and effectb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Downwards is used with these verbs:
adjust
float
jerk
…
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towards a lower level, amount or price向下
- Nine per cent of commuters used public transport in 2018 and the trend is downwards.2018年，9%的通勤者使用公共交通工具，而且这一趋势正在下降。
- 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。
- Official projections of the spread of AIDS have mercifully been revised downwards (= it has been predicted that the disease will not spread as fast as had earlier been suggested).幸运的是，官方对艾滋病传播的预测已经下调。
- The economy is in a bad state and the stock market is spiraling downwards. 经济状况不佳，股市螺旋式下跌。
opposite upwards (2)

BNC: 6850 COCA: 25950

downwards

Describing movement up or down: upward, downward, ascending...

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