He complains that the underlying approach is top-down and involves the government dictating the rules.

他抱怨说这个基本方法是自上而下的并且由政府决定规则。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

They put down wooden boards, and laid new carpets on top.

他们安装了木地板，还在上面铺了新地毯。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The old man quickly took the policeman's hand and put it down on the top of the light.

老人迅速抓住警察的手，把它放在灯的顶上。

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A thick mane grows from the top of the head and down the back of the neck.

VOA: special.2010.06.22

Well, we say at the top of the loop, when it goes up and comes down the velocity is 0.

在曲线顶端,当物体上升,然后速度为0时候

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

The sense of going back and forth, no one of us on top, not correspondent in a vertical way, how things going down there.

这种来来回回的感觉，没有人是在高处，也没人在低处。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Hub gears are fitted between the top and down tubes, have fewer speeds and are used mainly on city and leisure bikes.

BBC: Sport

To facilitate links between local, regional and global levels, and harmonizing top-down and bottom-up approaches whilst taking into account social issues.

UNESCO: UNITWIN

The first axis looks at how leaders exercise their power, from centralized and top-down to decentralized and bottom-up.

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