downwards

adverb

/ˈdaʊnwədz/

/ˈdaʊnwərdz/

(also downward especially in North American English)

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towards the ground; towards a lower place or position
- She was lying face downwards on the grass.
- The garden sloped gently downwards to the river.
opposite upwards (1)
Language Bank fall
fallDescribing a decrease
- Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year.
- Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period.
- The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent.
- According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year.
- There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737.
- These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards.
Topics Change, cause and effectb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Downwards is used with these verbs:
adjust
float
jerk
…
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towards a lower level, amount or price
- Nine per cent of commuters used public transport in 2018 and the trend is downwards.
- It was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the US president downwards.
- Official projections of the spread of AIDS have mercifully been revised downwards (= it has been predicted that the disease will not spread as fast as had earlier been suggested).
- The economy is in a bad state and the stock market is spiraling downwards.
opposite upwards (2)

单词	downwards
释义	downwards adverb /ˈdaʊnwədz/ /ˈdaʊnwərdz/ (also downward especially in North American English) jump to other results towards the ground; towards a lower place or position She was lying face downwards on the grass. The garden sloped gently downwards to the river. opposite upwards (1) Language Bank fallfallDescribing a decrease Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year. Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period. The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent. According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26 per cent down on the previous year. There was an 11 per cent drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737. These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards. Topics Change, cause and effectb2 Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownwards is used with these verbs: adjust float jerk … See full entry towards a lower level, amount or price Nine per cent of commuters used public transport in 2018 and the trend is downwards. It was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the US president downwards. Official projections of the spread of AIDS have mercifully been revised downwards (= it has been predicted that the disease will not spread as fast as had earlier been suggested). The economy is in a bad state and the stock market is spiraling downwards. opposite upwards (2)
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