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1 词典释义:
downward
时间: 2024-11-14 14:34:38
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英 [ˈdaʊnwəd]

adj.下降的;向下的;下跌的;下滑的;

双语例句
  • Inflation is moving firmly downward.

    通货膨胀在稳步下降。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • Benedict pointed downward again with his stick.

    贝内迪克特又用他的拐杖向下指了指。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • He works backward, building a house from the top downward.

    他倒着干活,从上往下盖房子。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • The downward trend in home ownership is likely to continue.

    住房拥有率的下降趋势有可能还要延续。

    《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
  • Downward and upward pressures on a currency are not symmetrical.

    货币的上行和下行压力并不对称。

  • After watching the downward course of the boy a little while, he soon proceeded on his way.

    看了一会儿这孩子往下走的路,他很快就继续赶路了。

  • Structures can be analyzed in terms of how they deal with downward forces created by gravity.

    人们根据建筑物如何处理由重力产生的向下的力来分析它们。

  • It is not unusual for the roots of some desert perennials to extend downward more than ten meters.

    一些沙漠多年生植物的根向下延伸十米以上,这并不少见。

  • Silicates such as mineral quartz drifted downward and mixed with denser materials as they reached Earth's core.

    石英等硅酸盐向下漂移,在到达地核时与密度更大的物质混合。

  • Place you palm downward and make an inconspicuous waving gesture, which will produce instant and satisfying results.

    手掌向下,做一个不显眼的手势,会产生立竿见影的效果。

  • Place your palm downward and make an inconspicuous waving gesture, which will produce instant and satisfying results.

    掌心向下,做一个不显眼的手势,会产生即时的满意效果。

  • The sun, is also variable over a long term: its heat output goes up and down in cycles, the latest trend being downward.

    太阳在长期内也是变化的:它的热量输出在周期中有上升,也有下降,最近的趋势是下降。

  • To enjoy the magnificence of a mountain, you have to look upwards in most cases. To enjoy Huangshan, however, you've got to look downward.

    要欣赏大山的宏伟壮丽,通常得向上看。但要欣赏黄山美景,得向下看。

  • If there's downward pressure on costs, because of a need for investment in other areas, I would argue that this is a perfectly feasible solution.

    如果因为其他领域的投资需求而使成本面临下行压力,我会认为这是一个完美可行的解决方案。

  • Because of the great weight pressing down on them, these layers tend to fold downward at weak spots, and this finally causes an actual break in the crust.

    由于巨大的重量向下压岩层,使它趋于在它的薄弱处向下折叠,这最终导致地壳的实质断裂。

  • These have adapted to the environment by the development of long taproots that penetrate downward until they approach the assured water supply provided by groundwater.

    这类植物通过生长出长长的主根来适应环境,这些主根可以向下渗透,直达地下水提供的充足水源。

  • To appreciate the magnificence of the mountain, you have to look upward in most cases while to enjoy the fascinating landscape of Huangshan, you've got to look downward.

    要欣赏山的壮丽,大多数情况下要向上看。而要欣赏黄山的迷人景色,必须向下看。

  • Struggling with an evaporation of advertising and a downward drift in street corner sales, The New York Times intends to introduce a "metered" model at the beginning of 2011.

    为了应对广告的减少和街角销售的下滑,《纽约时报》打算在2011年初引进一种“计量”模型。

  • My career seemed to be on a downward trajectory.

    我的事业似乎在走下坡路。

    《牛津词典》
  • She was trapped in a downward spiral of personal unhappiness.

    她陷入了个人不幸的旋涡难以自拔。

    《牛津词典》
  • The stems weren't growing upward and the roots weren't growing downward.

    茎不向上生长,根也不向下生长。

  • You can tell when you are over the top and on the downward slope, by asking yourself a number of questions.

    你可以通过问自己一些问题来判断自己什么时候越过了顶峰,什么时候处于下坡。

  • The market generally went downward in various ways.

    市场普遍以各种方式下跌。

  • How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward!

    要是能和那些头朝下走路的人一块儿出来,那该多有趣啊!

  • He swam quartering upstream, but still was swept downward rather faster than he had expected.

    他向上游游去,但还是被水冲了下去,流速比他预料的要快得多。

  • This can lead us on a downward spiral with more and more plants and animals becoming endangered as well.

    这可能导致我们进入一个恶性循环,即越来越多的植物和动物也濒临灭绝。

  • Irving Fisher also drew on the curve, a production possibility frontier for society, which he made downward-curved.

    欧文·费雪还画了一条曲线,一条社会的生产可能性边界,他让它向下弯曲。

  • Young men's wages (after adjusting for inflation) have been on a downward trajectory since 1970 and fell significantly from 2000 to 2010.

    自1970年以来,年轻人经通胀调整后的工资一直处于下降趋势,在2000年到2010年大幅下降。

  • But daily vertical movements by zooplankton in the ocean—upward by night to seek food, downward by day to escape predators—can also be considered migration.

    但是海洋中浮游动物每天的垂直运动——夜里上浮以寻找食物,白天下潜以躲避捕食者——也可以被视作迁徒。

  • One also has to make the assumption that hands were stenciled palm downward—a left hand stenciled palm upward might of course look as if it were a right hand.

    我们不得不做出一种假设:双手是手掌朝下被印刷出来的,而手掌朝上印刷出来的左手看起来必定会像一只右手。

短语搭配
  • downward trend

    向下趋势,下跌趋势

  • downward spiral

    向下旋转;螺旋式下跌;减记恶性循环

  • downward movement

    向下运动

  • downward welding

    平焊,俯焊

近义词
adj. 向下的,下降的
adv. 向下
反义词
词根词缀
down

adv. 向下

down
-ward

向...;  朝...

-ward

  • northwardadj. 朝北的
  • towardprep. 向;朝着;对;关于;为;有助于;用于(同TOWARDS)
  • awardv. 把…授予;给予;把(合同;佣金)给
  • southwardadj. 向南的
  • backwardadj. 向后的;智力迟钝的;羞怯的;犹豫的;线后的;落后的;倒退的
  • outwardadj. 外面的;位于外面的;外来的;向外的;往外去的;外表的;表面的
  • upwardadv. 向上地
  • seawardadv. 朝海;面向海
  • homewardadv. 向家;朝家;往家
考纲分布

6年出现 1

重要程度
  • 100%

    adj 向下的; 下降的

考纲释义
  • adj. 向下的; 下降的

    真题例句:

    • The stems weren't growing upward and the roots weren't growing downward.

      茎没有向上生长,根也没有向下生长。

      [2020年 广州市 阅读理解]
必考派生词
  • downwardadv. 向下;适用于(某一等级制度下的或一群人中的)每一个人

考纲分布

12年出现 0

重要程度
  • 0%

    adj 向下的; 下降的

考纲释义
  • adj. 向下的; 下降的

词根词缀
down

adv. 向下

down
-ward

向...;  朝...

-ward

  • northwardadj. 朝北的
  • towardprep. 向;朝着;对;关于;为;有助于;用于(同TOWARDS)
  • awardv. 把…授予;给予;把(合同;佣金)给
  • southwardadj. 向南的
  • backwardadj. 向后的;智力迟钝的;羞怯的;犹豫的;线后的;落后的;倒退的
  • outwardadj. 外面的;位于外面的;外来的;向外的;往外去的;外表的;表面的
  • upwardadv. 向上地
  • seawardadv. 朝海;面向海
  • homewardadv. 向家;朝家;往家
必考派生词
  • downwardadv. 向下;适用于(某一等级制度下的或一群人中的)每一个人

  • downsiden. 负面;阴暗面;消极面

  • countdownn. 倒计数;倒读数;最后时刻;最后时刻的工作;倒计时显示器

真题例句
  • You can tell when you are over the top and on the downward slope, by asking yourself a number of questions.

    2016年高考英语上海卷 语法填空 B 原文
考纲分布

12年出现 1

重要程度
  • 100%

    adj/adv 向下的

考纲释义
  • adj/adv. 向下的

    英文释义:

    extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

    真题例句:

    • Similarly with earnings, young men's wages have been on a downward trajectory (轨迹) since 1970 and fell significantly from 2000 to 2010.

      与收入类似,自1970年以来,年轻人的工资一直在下降,2000年至2010年大幅下降。

      [2019年 CET4 阅读理解B]
词根词缀
down

adv. 向下

down
-ward

向...;  朝...

-ward

  • northwardadj. 朝北的
  • towardprep. 向;朝着;对;关于;为;有助于;用于(同TOWARDS)
  • awardv. 把…授予;给予;把(合同;佣金)给
  • southwardadj. 向南的
  • backwardadj. 向后的;智力迟钝的;羞怯的;犹豫的;线后的;落后的;倒退的
  • outwardadj. 外面的;位于外面的;外来的;向外的;往外去的;外表的;表面的
  • upwardadv. 向上地
  • seawardadv. 朝海;面向海
  • homewardadv. 向家;朝家;往家
必考派生词
  • downsiden. 负面;阴暗面;消极面

真题例句
  • For example, a Colombian who wants someone to approach him often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped, point downward as they move rapidly back and forth.

    出自-2014年6月听力原文
  • similarly with earnings, young men's wages after adjusting for inflatio have been on a downward trajectory since 1970 and fell significantly from 2000 to 2010.

    2019年6月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B
考纲分布

12年出现 4

重要程度
  • 100%

    adj/adv 向下的

  • 0%

    adj/adv (程度)降低的; 恶化的

考纲释义
  • adj/adv. 向下的

    英文释义:

    extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

  • adj/adv. (程度)降低的; 恶化的

    英文释义:

    being from a higher to a lower level or condition

词根词缀
down

adv. 向下

down
-ward

向...;  朝...

-ward

  • northwardadj. 朝北的
  • towardprep. 向;朝着;对;关于;为;有助于;用于(同TOWARDS)
  • awardv. 把…授予;给予;把(合同;佣金)给
  • southwardadj. 向南的
  • backwardadj. 向后的;智力迟钝的;羞怯的;犹豫的;线后的;落后的;倒退的
  • outwardadj. 外面的;位于外面的;外来的;向外的;往外去的;外表的;表面的
  • upwardadv. 向上地
  • seawardadv. 朝海;面向海
  • homewardadv. 向家;朝家;往家
必考派生词
  • downwardadv. 向下;适用于(某一等级制度下的或一群人中的)每一个人

  • downsiden. 负面;阴暗面;消极面

  • countdownn. 倒计数;倒读数;最后时刻;最后时刻的工作;倒计时显示器

真题例句
  • In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand ( ' , especially from emerging markets), the long-term drop in petroleum consumption in the United States, and some displacement of oil by substitutes.

    出自-2017年6月阅读原文
  • If there's a downward pressure on costs, because of a need for investment in other areas, I would argue that this is a perfectly feasible solution.

    2016年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section C
  • In addition, other factors are putting downward pressure on oil prices: change in the strategic behavior of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the projected increase in Iranian exports, the scaling-down of global demand especially from eme

    2017年6月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
  • Scores in various well-being measures began to go downward among young Americans in recent years.

    2019年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
考纲分布

18年出现 0

重要程度
  • 0%

    adv 向下; 往下

  • 0%

    adj 向下的; 下降的

考纲释义
  • adv. 向下; 往下

  • adj. 向下的; 下降的

词根词缀
down

adv. 向下

down
-ward

向...;  朝...

-ward

  • northwardadj. 朝北的
  • towardprep. 向;朝着;对;关于;为;有助于;用于(同TOWARDS)
  • awardv. 把…授予;给予;把(合同;佣金)给
  • southwardadj. 向南的
  • backwardadj. 向后的;智力迟钝的;羞怯的;犹豫的;线后的;落后的;倒退的
  • outwardadj. 外面的;位于外面的;外来的;向外的;往外去的;外表的;表面的
  • upwardadv. 向上地
  • seawardadv. 朝海;面向海
  • homewardadv. 向家;朝家;往家
必考派生词
  • downwardadv. 向下;适用于(某一等级制度下的或一群人中的)每一个人

  • downsiden. 负面;阴暗面;消极面