downstream
Произношение: [ˌdaʊnˈstriːm]
Контекст: «water flow»
(adverb) in the direction that water flows in a river or stream. If you imagine standing beside a river, upstream is where the water comes from, and downstream is where the water goes.
Пример
The boat traveled downstream, moving smoothly with the current.
Пример
The debris could not float upstream; it always headed downstream.
Пример
Can we go downstream to find a better fishing spot?
Контекст: «process»
(adjective) referring to something that occurs later in a process or sequence. It's like when you are finishing one part of a project and looking ahead to what comes next.
Пример
The downstream effects of the new policy are still being analyzed.
Пример
The changes we made did not have any downstream benefits; they created confusion instead.
Пример
What are the downstream consequences of our decision?
Контекст: «water flow»
(noun) the area of land along a river or the part of a river where the water flows towards the sea. It's where you might find plants and fish, benefiting from the river that flows past.
Пример
They set up a picnic by the downstream area, where the scenery was beautiful.
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They didn’t realize upstream had been polluted, so downstream was not healthy for swimming.
Пример
What wildlife can we expect to find downstream from here?