downward

adj.

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

1. See also: ...a firm downward movement of the hands. downwards
2. ADJ 趋向没落的;衰退的;局势变坏的
   If you refer to a downward trend, you mean that something is decreasing or that a situation is getting worse.
   1. The downward trend in home ownership is likely to continue.
      拥有房屋所有权者人数减少的趋势可能会持续。
   2. ...a decline in the economy, resulting in a general downward spiral.
      经济上的衰退导致了总体上的螺旋式下降。

1. His adult life mirrored the downward course of his father's life.
   他成年后的生活反映出了他父亲的生活在走下坡路。
2. The downward trend in home ownership is likely to continue.
   拥有房屋所有权者人数减少的趋势可能会持续。
3. The rise, the first in 10 months, reversed the downward trend in Belgium's jobless rate.
   10个月来失业率的首次上升逆转了比利时失业率持续下降的趋势。
4. The downward trend went into reverse and the scores started to creep up again.
   比分下降的趋势发生逆转，分数又开始逐渐上升了。
5. the downward trend in gasoline prices.
   汽油价格下滑的趋势
6. Prices are tending upward [ downward].
   物价趋涨[降]。
7. Downward movement is much faster than upward one.
   向下移动比向上移动快得多。
8. This time he fell face downward on the pavement, and moved no more.
   这一次，他脸朝地倒下去，不再动弹了。
9. The downward pressure has now diminished and this has given financial markets a lift.
   如今下行压力已经减轻，这对金融市场构成了提振。
10. It was but another step for them on the downward path.
    这是他们在堕落的路上又前进了一步。
11. Stretch the arms by opening them both out to either side and bend the fingers downward at the wrists.
    伸展的武器，他们都开放给任何一方和弯曲的手指向下的手腕。
12. We take the downward direction as positive.
    我取向下的方向为正。
13. He looked upward rather than downward for a while at the door to the basement.
    他向上，而不是向下，看了一会儿。
14. The USA revised downward its grain output forecast.
    美国对其谷物产量的预测作了减少性的修改。
15. The rapid downward motion of the fuselage is stopped by the impact through the landing gear.
    起落架与地面的撞击阻止了机身迅速地向下运动。
16. That's right, some of the sound will be deflected downward as it goes over the wall.
    是的，声音的部分会下降，因为它偏离了墙去。
17. A downward spiral had began.
    向下螺旋坠落便开始了。
18. The downward slump has taken several phases.
    这场暴跌经历了若干阶段。
19. Read horizontally to flow rate curve and vertically downward to flow rate gpm.
    读出水平线上的流量曲线和垂直线下方的的流量（加仑/分钟）。
20. Downward and upward pressures on a currency are not symmetrical.
    一种货币的下降与上升的压力是不对称的。
21. This dynamic can lead to a self-reinforcing downward spiral.
    这可能会带来一个自我加强的下行螺旋。
22. The past two months have seen a substantial downward shift in the prospects for inflation in the United Kingdom.
    在过去两个月出现了大幅下降的转变，对通货膨胀前景的联合王国。
23. The upward or downward movements of a market, during a period of time.
    的向上或向下流动的市场，在一段时间。
24. I am did not learn downward to this.
    我是到这就没往下学了。
25. Those peaks formed a straight downward slope, which typified the bull market in bonds.
    这些波峰构成了一个径直下降的斜线，代表着债券的牛市。
26. With downward figures and pattern; meets the lying child's upward look.
    带有向下的形状和图案；迎接躺着的孩子向上观看的目光。
27. It's the positive emotion that can take us out from this downward spiral to this upward spiral.
    积极情绪，能把我们带离下行螺旋进入上行螺旋。
28. This action forces the valve to move downward.
    这行动强迫阀门向下移动。
29. Pull your shoulders back and downward.
    拉你的肩回来并向下。

adv

1. spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
   1. don't fall down
   2. rode the lift up and skied down
   3. prices plunged downward

   Synonym:    downdownwardsdownwardly