单词 | upward |
释义 | up·ward (ŭpwərd) adv. or up·wards (-wərdz) 1. In, to, or toward a higher place, level, or position: flying upward. 2. Toward a higher position in a hierarchy or on a socioeconomic scale: a young executive moving upward fast. 3. Toward the head or upper parts: bare from the waist upward. 4. Toward a higher amount, degree, or rank: Prices soared upward. 5. Toward a later time or age: from adolescence upward. adj. Idiom: Directed toward a higher place or position: upward movement. upward/upwards of More than; in excess of: "the onslaught of upwards of seventy divisions" (Winston S. Churchill). upward·ly adv. |
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