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🔑 down·wardsBrE /ˈdaʊnwədz/NAmE /ˈdaʊnwərdz/ (also down·ward especially in NAmE) adverbtowards the ground or towards a lower level 向下◆She was lying face downwards on the grass. 她俯卧在草地上。◆The garden sloped gently downwards to the river. 花园向河边呈缓坡倾斜。◆It was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the US president downwards. 这一政策受到了美国总统乃至全世界领导人的欢迎。 OPP upwards fallDescribing a decrease 描述下降- ◆Car crime in Oxford fell significantly last year. 去年牛津的汽车犯罪显著下降。
- ◆Car crime fell by about a quarter over a 12-month period. * 12 个月内汽车犯罪下降了约四分之一。
- ◆The number of stolen vehicles dropped from 1 013 to 780, a fall of 26 per cent. 被盗汽车数量从 1 013 辆减少到 780 辆,下降了 26%。
- ◆According to this data, 780 vehicles were stolen, 26% down on the previous year. 根据这份数据,780 辆车被盗,比去年下降了 26%。
- ◆There was an 11% drop in reported thefts from motor vehicles, from 1 971 to 1 737. 机动车财物盗窃案件数量下降了 11%,从 1 971 下降到 1 737。
- ◆These figures show that, as far as car crime is concerned, the main trend is downwards. 这些数据表明,就汽车犯罪而言,大趋势是下降的。
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