adj. 向下的,下降的
adv. 向下地,下降地
1Inflation is moving firmly downward.通貨膨脹在穩步下降。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
2Benedict pointed downward again with his stick.貝內迪克特又用他的拐杖向下指了指。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
3The downward trend in home ownership is likely to continue.住房擁有率的下降趨勢有可能還要延續。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
4Structures can be analyzed in terms of how they deal with downward forces created by gravity.人們根據建築物如何處理由重力產生的向下的力來分析它們。
5It 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,這並不少見。
6Silicates such as mineral quartz drifted downward and mixed with denser materials as they reached Earth's core.石英等矽酸鹽向下漂移,在到達地核時與密度更大的物質混合。
7Place you palm downward and make an inconspicuous waving gesture, which will produce instant and satisfying results.手掌向下,做一個不顯眼的手勢,會產生立竿見影的效果。
8Place your palm downward and make an inconspicuous waving gesture, which will produce instant and satisfying results.掌心向下,做一個不顯眼的手勢,會產生即時的滿意效果。
9The sun, is also variable over a long term: its heat output goes up and down in cycles, the latest trend being downward.太陽在長期內也是變化的:它的熱量輸出在周期中有上升,也有下降,最近的趨勢是下降。
10To enjoy the magnificence of a mountain, you have to look upwards in most cases. To enjoy Huangshan, however, you've got to look downward.要欣賞大山的宏偉壯麗,通常得向上看。但要欣賞黃山美景,得向下看。
11Because 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.由於巨大的重量向下壓岩層,使它趨於在它的薄弱處向下摺疊,這最終導致地殼的實質斷裂。
12These have adapted to the environment by the development of long taproots that penetrate downward until they approach the assured water supply provided by groundwater.這類植物通過生長出長長的主根來適應環境,這些主根可以向下滲透,直達地下水提供的充足水源。
13To 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.要欣賞山的壯麗,大多數情況下要向上看。而要欣賞黃山的迷人景色,必須向下看。
14My career seemed to be on a downward trajectory.我的事業似乎在走下坡路。《牛津詞典》
15He works backward, building a house from the top downward.他倒著幹活,從上往下蓋房子。《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
16She was trapped in a downward spiral of personal unhappiness.她陷入了個人不幸的旋渦難以自拔。《牛津詞典》
17The stems weren't growing upward and the roots weren't growing downward.莖不向上生長,根也不向下生長。
18You can tell when you are over the top and on the downward slope, by asking yourself a number of questions.你可以通過問自己一些問題來判斷自己什麼時候越過了頂峰,什麼時候處於下坡。
19The market generally went downward in various ways.市場普遍以各種方式下跌。
20Downward and upward pressures on a currency are not symmetrical.貨幣的上行和下行壓力並不對稱。
21How funny it'll seem to come out among the people that walk with their heads downward!要是能和那些頭朝下走路的人一塊兒出來,那該多有趣啊!
22After watching the downward course of the boy a little while, he soon proceeded on his way.看了一會兒這孩子往下走的路,他很快就繼續趕路了。
23He swam quartering upstream, but still was swept downward rather faster than he had expected.他向上游游去,但還是被水沖了下去,流速比他預料的要快得多。
24This can lead us on a downward spiral with more and more plants and animals becoming endangered as well.這可能導致我們進入一個惡性循環,即越來越多的植物和動物也瀕臨滅絕。
25Irving Fisher also drew on the curve, a production possibility frontier for society, which he made downward-curved.歐文·費雪還畫了一條曲線,一條社會的生產可能性邊界,他讓它向下彎曲。
26Young men's wages (after adjusting for inflation) have been on a downward trajectory since 1970 and fell significantly from 2000 to 2010.自1970年以來,年輕人經通脹調整後的工資一直處於下降趨勢,在2000年到2010年大幅下降。
27If 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.如果因為其他領域的投資需求而使成本面臨下行壓力,我會認為這是一個完美可行的解決方案。
28But 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.但是海洋中浮遊動物每天的垂直運動——夜裡上浮以尋找食物,白天下潛以躲避捕食者——也可以被視作遷徒。
29One 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.我們不得不做出一種假設:雙手是手掌朝下被印刷出來的,而手掌朝上印刷出來的左手看起來必定會像一隻右手。
30Similarly with earnings, young men's wages (after adjusting for inflation) have been on a downward trajectory since 1970 and fell significantly from 2000 to 2010.類似的還有收入,年輕人的工資(經通脹調整後的)自1970年以來一直處於下降趨勢,並且在2000年到2010年顯著下降。