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upwards

英['ʌpwədz] 美['ʌpwərdz]
  • adv. 往上;向上地;以上
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详细释义

    adv. (副词)
    1. 向上地,上升地 towards what is higher

英英释义

Adverb:
  1. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position;

    "look up!"
    "the music surged up"
    "the fragments flew upwards"
    "prices soared upwards"
    "upwardly mobile"

  2. to a later time;

    "they moved the meeting date up"
    "from childhood upward"

双语例句

1. Lie face upwards with a cushion under your head.
头枕垫子仰卧。

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2. My ambition was to travel upwards in the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
我的雄心是在教会中一步一步往上走。

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3. She caught a clear view upwards of the spotlit temple.
她抬头清楚地看到了被聚光灯照得通明的寺庙。

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4. I can see things just going onwards and upwards for us now.
我认为从现在起我们的境况只会越来越好。

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5. A yellow tongue of flame shot upwards.
一条黄色的火舌直冲上天。

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    用作副词 (adv.)
    1. The smoke curled upwards.
      烟气袅袅上升。
    2. The prices of houses are trending upwards.
      房价趋于上涨。
    3. In convection, hot currents flow upwards.
      在对流中热气流向上运动。
    4. Citizens of eighteen years and upwards have the right to vote.
      十八岁和十八岁以上的公民有选举权。
    用作副词 (adv.)
    用作状语
    1. The birds flew upwards.
      鸟儿向上飞去。
    2. He was lying on the floor face upwards.
      他面向上躺在地板上。
    3. The world urban population is rocketing upwards at a rate of 6.5 per cent per year.
      世界城市人口以每年6.5%的速度急速上升。
    4. Prices are tending upwards.
      物价正在上涨。
    5. We traced the river upwards.
      我们沿河溯源而上。
    6. He held out his hand, palm upwards.
      他伸出一只手,掌心朝上。
    7. We have notebooks from five cents upwards.
      本店有5分和5分以上的笔记本。
    8. From ten years of age upwards he had studied French.
      他从10岁起就学习法语。
    9. The watch costs upward of 8000 yuan .
      这只表的价钱超过8000元。

用法讲解

adv. (副词)
  1. upwards用作副词时,也可写作upward,前者主要用于英式英语,后者主要用于美式英语。
  2. upwards的主要意思是“向上地”“向内地”“向上游”“以上地”。upwards可修饰动态动词,也可修饰静态动词,还可修饰名词、介词短语等。

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