moving or pointing towards a lower level 下降的;向下的 the downward slope of a hill 向下的山坡 the downward trend in inflation 通貨膨脹的下降趨勢 She was trapped in a downward spiral (= continuous increase) of personal unhappiness. 她陷入了個人不幸的漩渦難以自拔。 The business was on a downward path, finally closing in 2019. 該業務一直在走下坡路,最終在2019年關閉。 Subsidence is the downward movement of a site on which a building stands. 沉降是建築物所在位置的向下移動。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownward is used with these nouns:- curve
- direction
- mobility
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Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old English adūnweard.