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单词 downwards
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(daʊnwəʳdz) also downward
1. adverb [ADVERB after verb]
If you move or look downwards, you move or look towards the ground or a lower level.
Benedict pointed downwards again with his stick.
She gazed downwards.
2. adverb [ADVERB after verb]
If an amount or rate moves downwards, it decreases.
Inflation is moving firmly downwards.
3. adverb [from n ADV]
If you want to emphasize that a statement applies to everyone in an organization, you can say that it applies from its leader downwards.
[emphasis]
...from the Prime Minister downwards.

downwards in British English

(ˈdaʊnwədz) or downward
adverb
1. 
from a higher to a lower place, level, etc
2. 
from an earlier time or source to a later
from the Tudors downwards

Examples of 'downwards' in a sentence
downwards

Most now expect the next move to be downwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Few think oil prices will lurch downwards again.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He lay with his face downwards.
Elizabeth Gaskell North and South (1855)
Competition is tough, energy costs are high and the trend for prices is firmly downwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Make sure the lip of the base faces downwards, so the cheesecake will slide off easily when cooked.
The Sun (2013)
He has moved downwards socially.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
This caused political chaos from the Prime Minister downwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There was a second when we were in a tight, enforced embrace, then the lift moved smoothly downwards and we sprang apart.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But then I saw the left side of her face suddenly slide downwards - like it was made of wax and melting.
The Sun (2011)

In other languages
downwards

British English: downwards ADVERB
If you move or look downwards, you move or look towards the ground or a lower level.
He pointed downwards again with his stick.
  • American English: downward
  • Brazilian Portuguese: para baixo
  • Chinese: 向下地
  • European Spanish: hacia abajo
  • French: vers le bas
  • German: nach unten
  • Italian: in giù
  • Japanese: 下方へ
  • Korean: 아래쪽으로
  • European Portuguese: para baixo
  • Latin American Spanish: hacia abajo

Chinese translation of 'downwards'

downwards

(ˈdaunwədz)

adv

  1. 向下 (xiàngxià)
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