Shares of Allied Irish Banks PLC (IE:AIB 0.38, -0.01, -1.30%) fell 1.3% in Dublin, leading the downward direction for financial stocks across Europe on Monday.

都柏林股市方面，爱尔兰联合银行（Allied Irish Banks）股价下跌1.3%，创下欧洲股市当日金融板块最大跌幅。

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The x axis is positive in the right direction, while the y axis is positive in the downward direction (again, this is in contrast to its traditional upward direction).

x 轴在右边为正值，但是 y 轴在下方为正值（这与传统的上方为正值相反）。

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We take the downward direction as positive.

我取向下的方向为正。

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World markets continue their downward spiral as investors try to gauge the direction of the global economy.

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The problem is that nominal incomes and prices are sticky in a downward direction.

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Other polls have shown changes in the same downward direction.

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The downward slope becomes the same self-fulfilling prophecy that the upslope represented, just in the opposite direction.

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