downward
a. 向下的
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教材释义与例句
向下的，下降的
moving or pointing towards a lower position
向下
If you move or look downward, you move or look toward the ground or a lower level
释义与例句
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1.
Moving, sloping or oriented down.
He spoke with a downward glance.
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2.
Located at a lower level.
1793, Thomas Taylor (translator), The Phædo in The Cratylus, Phædo, Parmenides and Timæus of Plato, London: Benjamin and John White, p. 235, […] often revolving itself under the earth, [the river] flows into the more downward parts of Tartarus.
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1.
Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
His position in society moved ever downward.
The natural disasters put downward pressure on the creditworthiness of the nation’s insurance groups.
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2.
At a lower level.
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3.
Southward.
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词源
From down + -ward.
来源：wiktionary