downward

US [ˈdaʊnwərd]
UK [ˈdaʊnwə(r)d]
  • adj.下降的；向下的
  • adv.同“downwards”
  • Web下行的；向下地；下坡的

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downward
adj.
1.
下降的；向下的moving or pointing towards a lower level
the downward slope of a hill
向下的山坡
the downward trend in inflation
通货膨胀的下降趋势
She was trapped in a downward spiral of personal unhappiness.
她陷入了个人不幸的漩涡难以自拔。

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Definition:
AllAll,下降的下降的,向下的向下的,下行的下行的,向下地向下地,下坡的下坡的
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1.
"Keeping your grip is the hardest part, " she said. "It's really easy to slide downward. "
“用双腿夹住钢管保持住姿势是最难的，”她说，“很容易就会滑下来。”
" yòng shuāng tuǐ jiā zhù gāng guǎn bǎo chí zhù zī shì shì zuì nán de , " tā shuō , " hěn róng yì jiù huì huá xià lái 。 "
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2.
Each downward pulse of your chest should raise your hips above the surface and the same should happen during the single stroke.
每次你的下巴的向下运动都会把你的屁屁送出水面，做每个完整的蝶泳动作时也是一样。
měi cì nǐ de xià bā de xiàng xià yùn dòng dū huì bǎ nǐ de pì pì sòng chū shuǐ miàn , zuò měi gè wán zhěng de dié yǒng dòng zuò shí yě shì yí yàng 。
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3.
Bottom line: despite the downward revision to third quarter GDP, the recent U. S. data seem to indicate that the glass is still half full.
总之，虽然第三季度GDP遭下修，但美国近期数据似乎说明，前景乐观可期。
zǒng zhī , suī rán dì sān jì dù GDP zāo xià xiū , dàn měi guó jìn qī shù jù sì hū shuō míng , qián jǐng lè guān kě qī 。
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4.
As Peyton Farquhar fell straight downward through the bridge he lost consciousness and was as one already dead.
当法科尔越过桥直直向下坠落，他不但失去意识且呈现半生不死的状态。
dāng fǎ kē ěr yuè guò qiáo zhí zhí xiàng xià zhuì luò , tā bú dàn shī qù yì shí qiě chéng xiàn bàn shēng bù sǐ de zhuàng tài 。
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All this uncertainty is adding up to an environment where the euro is expected to face continued downward pressure.
与这些不确定性同时出现的是欧元预计将持续面临的下跌压力。
yǔ zhè xiē bù què dìng xìng tóng shí chū xiàn de shì ōu yuán yù jì jiāng chí xù miàn lín de xià diē yā lì 。
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6.
Typically, a stronger dollar makes oil more expensive for foreign investors and tends to put downward pressure on oil prices.
通常，美元走强造成油价对外国投资人增加，倾向于对油价造成下行压力。
tōng cháng , měi yuán zǒu qiáng zào chéng yóu jià duì wài guó tóu zī rén zēng jiā , qīng xiàng yú duì yóu jià zào chéng xià xíng yā lì 。
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7.
Economists from Asia and the United States and government ministers from India and China said the U. S. economy was on a downward course.
来自于亚洲的，美国的经济学家和来自于印度和中国的政府官员都认为美国经济处于一个下降的趋势中。
lái zì yú yà zhōu de , měi guó de jīng jì xué jiā hé lái zì yú yìn dù hé zhōng guó de zhèng fǔ guān yuán dōu rèn wéi měi guó jīng jì chǔ yú yī gè xià jiàng de qū shì zhōng 。
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8.
Again, when you have married your wife, you would think you were got upon a hilltop, and might begin to go downward by an easy slope.
步入婚姻殿堂时，你认为已经到顶了，可以轻松地往下走了。
bù rù hūn yīn diàn táng shí , nǐ rèn wéi yǐ jīng dào dǐng le , kě yǐ qīng sōng de wǎng xià zǒu le 。
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9.
But once the cold or down and down, in other words upward moves into a downward rigidity, to further increase (up to re-bid) very difficult.
但是一旦跌下来和冷下来了，换句话说向上刚性转变成向下刚性，要想再上去（重新转为向上刚性）就非常困难。
dàn shì yí dàn diē xià lái hé lěng xià lái le , huàn jù huà shuō xiàng shàng gāng xìng zhuǎn biàn chéng xiàng xià gāng xìng , yào xiǎng zài shàng qù ( chóng xīn zhuǎn wéi xiàng shàng gāng xìng ) jiù fēi cháng kùn nan 。
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10.
Past financial crises show that this downward spiral can be arrested only by bold policies to regain market confidence.
过去的金融危机表明，只有政府实施大胆的政策恢复市场信心，这种恶性循环才会停止。
guò qù de jīn róng wēi jī biǎo míng , zhǐ yǒu zhèng fǔ shí shī dà dǎn de zhèng cè huī fù shì chǎng xìn xīn , zhè zhǒng è xìng xún huán cái huì tíng zhǐ 。
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