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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。
Language Bank fallfallTopics Change, cause and effectb2Describing 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。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownwards is used with these verbs:- adjust
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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。