英语词汇“from the top down”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. from the top down (also downwards).Cf. top-down adv. and adj.

(a) Starting at the upper end and proceeding downwards.

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1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 461/2 The great Church of Lincolne was rent from the top downwards.

1669 J. Webb Hist. Ess. Lang. China 202 The Chinois draw their Characters from the top downwards.

1892 San Antonio (Texas) Daily Light 26 Aug. A stout woman should always clasp her corset from the top down, and a slender one reverse this mode.

1975 50 Counted Thread Embroidery Stitches (Coats Sewing Group) 51 This filling stitch is worked from the top downwards.

2012 Earthmovers Apr. 83/2 A number of test drills were made into the roof structure from the top down.

(b) From the highest to the lowest position in a group, organization, hierarchy, etc.

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1837 Tasmanian & Austral-Asiatic Rev. 10 Mar. 79/4 He wants the actual work of the Department as taken on the spot, thereby to see both the ability and industry of the workmen from the top downwards.

1892 Proc. 18th Convent. Amer. Bankers' Assoc. 23 It is a commonplace in education, that improvement comes from the top down and not from the bottom up.

1997 A. Barnett This Time 5 A fairer and more efficient society cannot be delivered from the top downwards.

2010 Daily Tel. 9 June 23/3 The NHS appears..to be led from the top down, rather than governed by the needs of patients.

(c) From the most complex elements to the simplest or most basic.

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1973 C. K. Phenicie & J. R. Lyons Tactical Planning Fish & Wildlife Managem. & Res. (U.S. Bureau Sport Fisheries & Wildlife Doc. No. 123) 15 Plan development is from the top down, from the complex to the less complex.

1995 H. A. Simon in J. Götschl Revolutionary Changes in understanding Man & Society ii. 56 Science can be built in layers in which we explain different phenomena at different layers of complexity, and, fortunately for us, science can sometimes be built from the top down.

单词	from the top down
释义	> as lemmas from the top down (also downwards) d. from the top down (also downwards).Cf. top-down adv. and adj. (a) Starting at the upper end and proceeding downwards. ΚΠ 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 461/2 The great Church of Lincolne was rent from the top downwards. 1669 J. Webb Hist. Ess. Lang. China 202 The Chinois draw their Characters from the top downwards. 1892 San Antonio (Texas) Daily Light 26 Aug. A stout woman should always clasp her corset from the top down, and a slender one reverse this mode. 1975 50 Counted Thread Embroidery Stitches (Coats Sewing Group) 51 This filling stitch is worked from the top downwards. 2012 Earthmovers Apr. 83/2 A number of test drills were made into the roof structure from the top down. (b) From the highest to the lowest position in a group, organization, hierarchy, etc. ΚΠ 1837 Tasmanian & Austral-Asiatic Rev. 10 Mar. 79/4 He wants the actual work of the Department as taken on the spot, thereby to see both the ability and industry of the workmen from the top downwards. 1892 Proc. 18th Convent. Amer. Bankers' Assoc. 23 It is a commonplace in education, that improvement comes from the top down and not from the bottom up. 1997 A. Barnett This Time 5 A fairer and more efficient society cannot be delivered from the top downwards. 2010 Daily Tel. 9 June 23/3 The NHS appears..to be led from the top down, rather than governed by the needs of patients. (c) From the most complex elements to the simplest or most basic. ΚΠ 1973 C. K. Phenicie & J. R. Lyons Tactical Planning Fish & Wildlife Managem. & Res. (U.S. Bureau Sport Fisheries & Wildlife Doc. No. 123) 15 Plan development is from the top down, from the complex to the less complex. 1995 H. A. Simon in J. Götschl Revolutionary Changes in understanding Man & Society ii. 56 Science can be built in layers in which we explain different phenomena at different layers of complexity, and, fortunately for us, science can sometimes be built from the top down. extracted from topn.¹adj. < as lemmas
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