A Colombian who wants someone to approach him often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped, point downward as they move rapidly back and forth.

一个哥伦比亚人想要别人靠近他时，他通常会用一个手势，一只手的所有手指都呈杯状，指向下方，同时快速地前后移动。

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"If you can't change what you did, then downward social comparison helps us gain perspective," Ms. Bauer said. "and those people are able to move on and re-engage in other goals."

鲍尔女士指出：“如果你不能改变你所做的一切，那么向下的社会比较可以帮助我们获得更多憧憬，而且能够让你重整旗鼓向着新的目标继续前进。”

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Linden has said it will increase its supply of land to put downward pressure on prices, a move that angered some existing owners of virtual homesteads.

林登表示，扩大土地供应来缓解价格下跌的压力，但此举却激怒了一些现有业主的虚拟家园。

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The sudden downward move caused stop orders for many stocks to be executed, leaving some shareholders with unanticipated losses or realized capital gains.

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In more blunt terms, a downward move by domestic large-cap stocks now has an increased chance of dragging down emerging market stocks, REITs and commodities with it.

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These folks, for instance, divine that something called a "head-and-shoulders top" formation--a market high above two high points on either side--means that stocks are poised for a downward move.

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