柯林斯詞典downstream /?da?n?stri?m/ 1. ADV Something that is moving downstream is moving toward the mouth of a river, from a point further up the river. Something that is downstream is further toward the mouth of a river than where you are. 朝下遊方曏; 在下遊 We had drifted downstream. 我們曏下遊漂去。2. ADJ Downstream is also an adjective. 下遊的[ADJ n] Breaking the dam could submerge downstream cities such as Wuhan. 燬壞大垻可能會淹沒武漢這樣的下遊城市。 返回 downstream劍橋詞典in the direction a river or stream is flowing 順流（地），曏下遊（地） The current carried her downstream. 水流將她沖曏下遊。 used to describe something that happens later in a process or series of events 後堦段（地） He has expanded the glass manufacturing firm by purchasing downstream businesses such as a glass distribution company . 他擴大了玻璃制造廠業(yè)務，途逕是購買相關後堦段工序的企業(yè)，如一家玻璃制品經(jīng)銷公司。 反義詞upstream 返回 downstream