downriver /ˌdaʊnˈrɪvə/ (also down-river)

• 1. 

  ADV Something that is moving downriver is moving toward the mouth of a river, from a point further up the river. Something that is downriver is toward the mouth of a river. 向下游; 在下游

  例：

  By 9:30 we had cast off and were heading downriver.

  在9:30之前我们已经起航并且向下游行驶。

  例：

  ...a big tourist hotel a few hundred yards downriver.

  ...下游几百码远的大型游客饭店。

  例：

  Cologne is not so very far downriver from Mainz.

  科隆离美因茨的下游处不远。

• 2. 

  ADJ Downriver is also an adjective. 下游的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...downriver factories dispensing billows of smoke.

  ...排放滚滚浓烟的下游工厂。