downward

词根词缀:

后缀
-ward 表形容词和副词,“向…,朝…”

backward adv./adj. 向后(的)

back 后边 + ward 向…,朝… → 向后(的)

downward adv./adj. 向下(的)

down 向下 + ward 向…,朝… → 向下(的)

forward adv./adj. 向前(的)

heavenward adv./adj. 朝向天空(的)

heaven 天 + ward 向…,朝… → 朝向天空(的)

homeward adv./adj. 向家(的)

home 家 + ward 向…,朝… → 向家(的)

inward adv./adj. 向内(的)

in 在里面的 + ward 向…,朝… → 向内(的)

northward adv./adj. 向北(的)

north 北 + ward 向…,朝… → 向北(的)

outward adv./adj. 向外(的)

out 外面的 + ward 向…,朝… → 向外(的)

seaward adv./adj. 向海(的)

sea 海洋 + ward 向…,朝… → 向海(的)

upward adv./adj. 向上(的)

up 向上 + ward 向…,朝… → 向上(的)

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相关例句:

We take the downward direction as positive.

我取向下的方向为正。

Pull your shoulders back and downward.

拉你的肩回来并向下。

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。

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。

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。

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。