核心畫面

Picture a triangle with one person at the point and a wide row of people along the bottom. Something starts at the point and travels to the wide part: an order, a plan, a big idea, or just your eyes. Top-down names that direction of travel. The movement begins at the top, and whatever is below receives it.

可以想成一個三角形:尖端只站一個人,底下那一排有很多人。有東西從尖端往下走——可能是命令,可能是計畫,可能是一個大概更多收起可以想成一個三角形:尖端只站一個人,底下那一排有很多人。有東西從尖端往下走——可能是命令,可能是計畫,可能是一個大概念,也可能只是你的視線。top-down 可以想成在描述這個方向:從上面出發,下面接收。

Three branches

命令從上面往下傳

往下走的東西是「決定」。三角形的尖端就是有權力的人,底下那一排照著做。

adjective · B2

Describing a way of running a company, school or government in which the people at the top make the decisions and then tell everyone below them what to do.

由上而下的

先看整體再看細節

同一個往下的方向,往下走的東西換成「細節的粗細」:從最大的概念出發,一路走到最小的部分。

adjective · B2

Describing a way of understanding, explaining or planning something that starts with the big general idea and fills in the small details later.

從大到小的

從正上方往下看

這一支跟權力、跟大小都沒有關係,只剩下方向本身,所以它自己有一個畫面。

adjective · B2

Describing a picture, map or video game that shows a scene from straight above, so you look down on it from the sky.

俯視的