upward

美 [ˈʌpwərd]英 [ˈʌpwəd]
  • adj.向上的;(数量、价格)上升的,上涨的,增长的;朝上的;向高处的
  • adv.同“upwards”

up- 使升级 + -ward 向...;朝...

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adj.

1

向上的;朝上的;向高处的
pointing towards or facing a higher place

an upward gaze

举目凝望

2

(数量、价格)上升的,上涨的,增长的
increasing in amount or price

an upward movement in property prices

房地产价格的上升

upward

频次

  • 1
    ADJ 向上的
    An upward movement or look is directed towards a higher place or a higher level.

    She started once again on the steep upward climb...

    她又开始沿着陡峭的山路往上爬。

  • 2
    ADJ 上升的;升高的
    If you refer to an upward trend or an upward spiral, you mean that something is increasing in quantity or price.

    ...the Army's concern that the upward trend in the numbers avoiding military service may continue...

    部队对逃避服兵役人数可能持续增多的担忧

adj

1
directed up
the cards were face upward
an upward stroke of the pen

adv

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
Synonym: up upwards upwardly
2
to a later time
they moved the meeting date up
from childhood upward
Synonym: up upwards

数据来源:WordNet

  1. An upward movement ( especially a rhythmical rising and falling ) .

    向上的运动(特指在有规则的起落过程中)。

  2. However , being part of a larger program does create differences for project managers along the upward dimension .

    然而,作为一个更大的规划的一部分,向上的方向来看对项目经理而言,确实这与上面所说的有很大不同。

  3. This year saw a continuation in the upward trend in sales .

    今年销售呈持续增长的趋势。

  4. Oil prices continued an upward swing in New York this morning .

    今天上午纽约油价继续上扬。

  5. Unemployment will continue upward for much of this year

    今年的大部分时间失业率仍将上升。

  6. She gave him a quick , upward look , then lowered her eyes .

    她抬眼迅速瞥了他一下,然后眼睛又垂了下去。

  7. Fill in gaps by using short , upward strokes of the pencil .

    用铅笔向上短短地勾画几道来填充空白。

  8. 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。

  9. Arms bend . Arms upward . Wait for it . Stretch .

    手臂弯曲。手臂上举。保持一下。伸展。

  10. 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。

  11. She started once again on the steep upward climb

    她又开始沿着陡峭的山路往上爬。

  12. Interest rates generally have been declining since last spring , despite a few upward blips in recent weeks .

    尽管近几周出现了几次短暂的回升,但自去年春天开始利率在整体上还是一直呈下降趋势。

  13. From today 's vantage point , the 1987 crash seems just a blip in the upward progress of the market

    今天看来,1987年的崩盘似乎只是股市上升进程中的一次小小挫折。

  14. Vines spiraled upward toward the roof

    藤蔓盘旋着朝屋顶方向生长。

  15. Leaphorn eased himself silently upward

    利普霍恩一声不吭,慢慢站起身来。

  16. There was an upward tendency in oil shares yesterday .

    石油股票昨天有上涨的势头。

  17. Prices are tending upward [ downward ] .

    物价趋涨[降]。

  18. Smoke is curling upward from kitchen chimneys .

    炊烟袅袅。

  19. The market showed an upward turn in july .

    7月间市场情况有所好转。

  20. Downward movement is much faster than upward one .

    向下移动比向上移动快得多。

  21. Prices have an upward tendency .

    价格有上升的趋势。

  22. This is an upward slope .

    这是上坡。

  23. The inpocketed vegetal pole cells develop into a sheet of cells which grows upward and eventually encloses a cavity , the archenteron .

    内褶的植物极细胞生成一片向上生长的细胞,并最后围成一个腔,即原肠。

  24. Interestingly , parents ' attitudes toward education do not seem to reflect their own educational background as much as a belief in the importance of education for upward mobility .

    有趣的是,家长对教育的态度似乎与家长的教育背景关系不是很大,而与是否持有教育对出人头地具有重要意义这个信念的关系更大。

  25. Inequality is dangerous , he argued , not merely because it doesn 't look good to have a large gap between the rich and the poor , but because inequality itself destroys upward mobility , making it harder for the poor to escape from poverty .

    他认为,不平等是危险的,不仅因为贫富差距过大看起来不好,而且因为不平等本身会破坏向上流动性,使穷人更难摆脱贫困。

  26. For all the new attention devoted to the 1 percent , a new dataset from the Equality of Opportunity Project at Harvard and Berkeley suggests that , if we care about upward mobility overall , we 're vastly exaggerating the dangers of the rich-poor gap .

    哈佛大学和伯克利分校机会均等项目的一个新数据集显示,如果我们关注整体的向上流动性,那么我们就过分夸大了贫富差距的危险性。

  27. Harvard economist Raj Chetty has pointed to economic and racial segregation , community density , the size of a community 's middle class , the quality of schools , community religiosity , and family structure , which he calls the " single strongest correlate of upward mobility . "

    哈佛大学经济学家拉吉·切蒂认为可能的因素包括:经济和种族隔离、社区密度、社区中产阶级规模、学校质量、社区宗教信仰和家庭结构。他认为家庭结构是影响"向上流动"的最有力因素。

  28. Based on my analyses of the data , of the factors that Chetty has highlighted , the following three seem to be most predictive of upward mobility in a given community : 1.Per-capita income growth ; 2.Prevalence of single mothers ( where correlation is strong , but negative ) ; 3.Per-capita local government spending

    根据我对数据的分析,在切蒂强调的因素中,以下三个因素似乎最能预测某个社区向上流动的原因:1.人均收入增长;2.单身母亲盛行(相关性很强,但呈负相关关系);3.地方政府的人均支出

  29. Light pollution is largely the result of bad lighting design , which allows artificial light to shine outward and upward into the sky .

    光污染在很大程度上是由于糟糕的照明设计造成的,这使得人造光可以向外和向上照射到天空中。

  30. The incipient lethal temperature are shifted upward by acclimation to warmer temperature .

    四角蛤蜊起始致死温是随驯化温度的变化而改变

前缀
e-使升级

upstairs adj. 楼上的

up- 使升级 + stairs 楼梯,阶梯

upright adj. 直立的

up- 使升级 + right 正直的

upgrade v. 升级,提升,提高,改善

up- 使升级 + grade 等级

后缀
e-向...;朝...

outward adj. 表面的

out 在外面 + -ward 向...;朝...

toward prep. 朝向,向,朝,面对

to 向;向前 + -ward 向...;朝...

awkward adj. 令人尴尬的

awk + -ward 向...;朝...

backward adj. 向后的,朝后的

back n.背 + -ward 向...;朝...

downward adj. 向下地

down adv.向下 + -ward 向...;朝...