Top-down processing is an example of when you know what something is you hear it that way.

举例来说,自上而下加工就是,当你知道某句话是什么的时候,你便会按照这句话去听

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So, top-down processing affects how we hear things, usually, almost always, for the better.

所以,自上而下加工几乎总是,会往好的方向影响我们的理解

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Now, this top-down...this is known as "Top-down" Processing.

这就是"自上而下"的加工

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