upwards

英 [ˈʌpwədz]

美 [ˈʌpwərdz]

adv.  向上; 向高处; (数量、价格)上升，上涨，提高; 在…以上; 大于; 超过

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.4086 / COCA.10989

牛津词典

adv.

• 向上；向高处
  towards a higher place or position
  1. A flight of steps led upwards to the front door.
     一段台阶往上通向正门。
  2. Place your hands on the table with the palms facing upwards.
     把手放在桌子上，手心朝上。
• （数量、价格）上升，上涨，提高
  towards a higher amount or price
  1. Bad weather forced the price of fruit upwards.
     恶劣的天气迫使水果价格上涨。
  2. The budget has been revised upwards.
     预算已经上调。
• 在…以上；大于；超过
  more than the amount or number mentioned
  1. You should expect to pay upwards of £50 for a hotel room.
     住宿饭店，每个房间预计至少要50英镑。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 向上
  If someone moves or looksupwards, they move or look up towards a higher place.
  1. 'There,' said Jack, pointing upwards...
     “在那里，”杰克向上指着说。
  2. They climbed upward along the steep cliffs surrounding the village...
     他们沿着村庄周围的陡峭悬崖往上爬。
  3. Hunter nodded again and gazed upwards in fear...
     亨特又点了点头，满眼恐惧地朝上望去。
  4. Lie face upwards with a cushion under your head.
     头枕垫子仰卧。
• ADV 上升；上涨
  If an amount or rate movesupwards, it increases.
  1. ...with prices soon heading upwards in high street stores...
     商业大街上商店里的价格迅速上涨
  2. Unemployment will continue upward for much of this year...
     今年的大部分时间失业率仍将上升。
  3. The share price is likely to leap upwards.
     该股票价格可能会猛涨。
• PREP-PHRASE …以上；多于…
  A quantity that isupwards ofa particular number is more than that number.
  1. ...projects worth upwards of 200 million pounds...
     价值2亿多英镑的项目
  2. It costs upward of $40,000 a year to keep some prisoners in prison.
     关押某些犯人一年的成本超过4万美元。

英英释义

adv

• spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
  1. look up!
  2. the music surged up
  3. the fragments flew upwards
  4. prices soared upwards
  5. upwardly mobile
  Synonym:upupwardupwardly
• to a later time
  1. they moved the meeting date up
  2. from childhood upward
  Synonym:upupward

双语例句

• Start the turns by moving upwards, the upward motion is started by stretching out the ankles and knees.
  身体向上移动时开始转弯，向上的动作始于你的脚踝和膝盖的伸展。
• In convection, hot currents flow upwards.
  上升的烟柱和热气流在对流中热气流向上运动。
• He is already upwards of70 years old.
  他已经七十多岁了。
• 'There,' said Jack, pointing upwards
  “在那里，”杰克向上指着说。
• The birds flew upwards.
  鸟儿向上飞去。
• The divorce rate is spiralling upwards.
  离婚率正急遽上升。
• He managed to grasp the metal, get a firm grip of it and heave his body upwards.
  他设法牢牢抓住了那个金属物，把整个身子往上提。
• This may be upwards or downwards, we will assume it is upwards.
  它既可能朝上，也可能朝下，我们就假定朝上。
• At that time our relations were going upwards, but since then they have been going downwards [ downhill].
  那时我们的关系是走上坡路，此后就开始走下坡路了。
• Press the edges that stand upwards down, see arrows.
  按向上的边站了下来，见箭头。