Taproot A persistent primary root that grows vertically downward.

The total unemployment rate is on a downward trend and has reached the upper 3 % level.

总体失业率呈下降趋势,失业率已降至3%区间.

This action forces the valve to move downward.

这行动强迫阀门向下移动.

Downward movement is much faster than upward one.

向下移动比向上移动快得多.

He is on the downward path.

他正在走下坡路.

All apples on apple trees are downward.

苹果树上的所有苹果都是向下的.

He was looking downward to the bottom of the valley.

他朝下着谷底.

Downward movements in share prices and business activity came suddenly and could be severe and protracted.

股价和交易活动会突然的下降并且可能是长期的大幅下降.

Unemployment is a significant cause of downward mobility in Britain.

在英国,失业是降职流动的一个重要原因.

Graf was sent to Moscow and follows a downward path there.

格拉夫去了莫斯科,而这里则是每况愈下.

But downward pressure on wages in rich countries could continue for a long time.

但是在富国工资水平向下的压力可能会持续很久.

A downward tendency is predicted.

预计这种产品价格会趋下跌.

The garden sloped gently downward to the river.

花园呈缓坡向河边倾斜.

Prices are tending upward [ downward ].

物价趋涨 [ 降 ].

While prices in China remain above their levels last year, the momentum has clearly turned downward.

虽然中国的物价仍然高于去年水平, 但势头已经明显转为下行.

The arms are extended and the shoulders are shifted forward ( not downward ).

手臂伸展,肩向前移 ( 而不是向下 ).

His adult life mirrored the downward course of his father's life.

他成年后的生活反映出了他父亲的生活在走下坡路。

He looked downward to avoid my eyes.

他低着头看,以避开我的目光.

Property prices downward, of course, the people clapped and celebrated, fall not.

楼价下调, 老百姓当然拍手相庆, 还嫌跌得不够狠.

He lies on the ground face downward.

他脸朝下趴在地上.

He says economic statistics are mixed, noting that not long ago , they all pointed downward.

他说经济上的统计数据是混杂的, 并指出前不久这些数据还均表明衰减.