upward

B1 CET-4 高中 FREQ #16725

a. 向上的 adv. 以上

发音

US /ˈʌpwɚd/
UK /ˈʌpwəd/

词形变化

more upward 比较级 most upward 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

向上的；上升的

increasing to a higher level

副词

向上

If someone moves or looks upward, they move or look up towards a higher place

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The upper part; the top.

    废旧 不可数
adj. B1
  1. 1.

    Directed toward a higher place.

    with upward eye; with upward course

adv.
  1. 1.

    In a direction from lower to higher; toward a higher place; in a course toward the source or origin.

    We ran upward.

  2. 2.

    In the upper parts; above.

  3. 3.

    Yet more; indefinitely more; above; over.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

up

近义相关 2

up ascending
副词

同义词 3

up upwards upwardly

反义词 1

downward

相关短语

upward lightning upward lightnings upward of 多于, 超过 upward compatible [计] 向上兼容的 upward mobility 上进心, 向上倾向 upward spiral upward spirals upward mobilities onward and upward punch upward punches upward punching upward punched upward fail upward

词源

From Old English upweardes, equivalent to up + -ward.

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