| 释义 |
downwardly, adv.
Brit. |ˈdaʊnwədli|, U.S. |ˈdaʊnwərdli|
[‹ downward adj. + -ly suffix2.]
1. In a downward direction, to a downward position; towards a lower level, downwards.
1850R. Browning Easter Day xv. 33 Certain rays..Shot downwardly. 1873St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. ii. 60 The downwardly tapering condition of the coccygeal vertebræ. 1906Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 17 336 Such a block, once a downwardly projecting part of a roof in stock or batholith, may be named a ‘roof pendant’. 1940N. C. Fassett Man. Aquatic Plants 325 Rarely individuals are found with downwardly barbed awns. 1993Computer Shopper July 36d/2 (advt.) [It is] downwardly compatible with lower modem speeds.
Compounds. downwardly mobile adj. moving to a lower social or professional level; losing wealth and status.
1946W. F. Whyte Industry & Society vii. 144 If she is holding her own or moving up, she can adjust herself to the peculiar social pressures she faces much better than if she is *downwardly mobile. 1976F. Zweig New Acquisitive Society i. ii. 34, 21 percent of the sample were upwardly mobile in the sense that fathers were working-class and sons middle-class, while 7 per cent were downwardly mobile. 1991Utne Reader July–Aug. 76/1 She observed that she and many of her friends..are all suddenly accepting cuts in pay and professional prestige. ‘Why is it that so many of my friends are downwardly mobile?’ |