| 释义 |
from above1From overhead: branches rained from above...- Yes, I water from the top, but they can live outdoors down here and rain falls from above.
- His hands glowed a bloody red, and the rain from above strengthened and poured down.
- He succeeds in getting it out, only to have many small boxes rain on him from above.
1.1From a position of higher rank or authority: mass culture is imposed from above...- What France needed was authority from above, confidence from below.
- These schemes of working closer together are imposed from above, and are not what many grass-roots people want.
- Nobody is seriously concerned about a conservative roll-back imposed from above.
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