| 单词 | upward |
| 释义 | upward —upwardly, adv. —upwardness, n. /up"weuhrd/, adv. Also, upwards. 1. toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward. 2. toward a higher or more distinguished condition, rank, level, etc.: His employer wishes to move him upward in the company. 3. to a greater degree; more: fourscore and upward. 4. toward a large city, the source or origin of a stream, or the interior of a country or region: They followed the Thames River upward from the North Sea to London. 5. in the upper parts; above. 6. upwards of, more than; above: My vacation cost me upwards of a thousand dollars. adj. 7. moving or tending upward; directed at or situated in a higher place or position. [bef. 900; ME; OE upweard (c. D opwaart). See UP-, -WARD] |
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