1DOWNtowards a lower level or position 向下OPP upwards
Nina glanced downwards.
尼娜向下瞥了一眼。
Hold out your hands with your palms facing downwards.
把手伸出来,手掌朝下。
The body was lying face downwards (=with the front of the body on the floor).
尸体趴在地上。
2used when a number or amount becomes smaller 〔数字或数量〕减少的,变小的OPP upwards
The death toll was later revised downwards to 689.
后来死亡人数经修正减少到689人。
3from the chairman/president/top etc downwardsused to mean that people of all levels in an organization, country etc are affected by something 从主席/总统/最高层等开始往下
Everyone from the chairman downwards is taking a pay cut.
从董事长开始往下都将减薪。
Examples from the Corpus
from the chairman/president/top etc downwards• As the systemempties, open all the radiatorairvents, working from the top downwards until the system is empty.