单词详解

1. adv.

A. 向上；向高处（towards or into a higher position; from below to a higher place）

Please lift your head up. 请把头抬起来

She flounced up and down. 她跳上跳下。

Unemployment has gone up again. 失业人数又上升了。

B. 到；向（北方或大城市）（in or toward the north or an important place especially a large city）

She lives up north. 她住在北部。

C. 从……起来（from or away from the floor, the ground floor, or the bottom）

The engine started up suddenly. 发动机突然发动起来了。

I hang up my coat. 我把上衣挂起来。

Wrap it up in paper. 用纸把它包起来。

D. 完全地；侧底地（completely）

We finished all work up. 我们完成了所有的工作。

2. prep.

A. 在/向……上面（to or in a higher or rising position）

There was a workman up the ladder. 有一个工人在梯子上工作。

They climbed up a hill. 他们爬上了山。

She climbed up the stairs. 她爬上了楼梯。

He always gets up late. 他总是很晚起床。

B. 顺着；沿着（along）

The ship is sailing up the Nile. 这艘船顺尼罗河向上游航行。

3. adj.

向上的, 上行的 (being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level)

He caught the up train. 他赶上了上行的火车。

相关词组

1. up and down 上上下下；前前后后

She paced up and down outside the room. 她在屋子外面来回走着。

2. up to 达到

The water was up to my thighs. 水淹到我的大腿。

3. up until 直到

I'd like to stay here up until Christmas. 我想在这儿呆到圣诞节。

4. up to a distance of  距离为

They are up to a distance of 5 miles. 他们的距离达到了五英里。

5. up to date 新式的，时兴的

We want our methods to be up to date. 我们希望我们的方法是最新的。

6. up to present 迄今，到目前为止

The custom has continued to be popular throughout china up to present.

这一习俗沿至当代仍在各地盛行。

7. up to standard 合格，地道，符合规定标准

A significant portion of the 38 million party members are not up to standard.

三千八百万党员，相当一部分不合格。

相关单词

比较级：upper

最高级：upper most

反义词：down