音标：['ʌpwәdz] ；柯林斯词典等级：2 级；牛津三千核心词汇；

adv. 以上, 向上

r spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position
r to a later time

考试类型：[四级/六级]

词性分布：

副词100%

upwards的用法和样例：

例句

用作副词(adv.)

The smoke curled upwards.烟气袅袅上升。
The prices of houses are trending upwards.房价趋于上涨。
In convection, hot currents flow upwards.在对流中热气流向上运动。
Citizens of eighteen years and upwards have the right to vote.十八岁和十八岁以上的公民有选举权。

常见句型

用作副词(adv.)

用作状语

The birds flew upwards.鸟儿向上飞去。
He was lying on the floor face upwards.他面向上躺在地板上。
The world urban population is rocketing upwards at a rate of 6.5 per cent per year.世界城市人口以每年6.5％的速度急速上升。
Prices are tending upwards.物价正在上涨。
We traced the river upwards.我们沿河溯源而上。
He held out his hand, palm upwards.他伸出一只手,掌心朝上。
We have notebooks from five cents upwards.本店有5分和5分以上的笔记本。
From ten years of age upwards he had studied French.他从10岁起就学习法语。
The watch costs upward of 8000 yuan .这只表的价钱超过8000元。

词汇搭配

upwards of... 以上
capability of welding vertically upwards直上焊接能力...
adjust upwards增加
upwards conversion增行变换
prices tend upwards[经] 物价趋势上涨...
bottom upwards颠倒,倒着,底朝天...

经典引文

She shall be buried with her face upwards.
出自：Much Ado about Nothing,Shakespeare
These men goe naked from the girdle vpwardes.
出自：R. Hakluyt
We followed this stream upwards.
出自：H. F. Tozer
A tiny pillar of smoke fumed upwards in the grate.
出自：G. Greene
Mary massaged his back, upwards from the base of his spine.
出自：I. McEwan
'Steep hill this', Nevil commented as they trudged upwards.
出自：E. Blair

【近义词】

up向上
uphill上坡地
upward向上的
above超过
higher更高的
skyward向天空地
in the air在空中
aloft在高处
skywards向天空的(向上的)...
upstream上游的
starward朝星星地
heavenwards朝向天空地
upriver上游的
upstairs在楼上
beyond超出
ascending上升的
over在 ... 的上方...
acclivitous向上斜的
additionally另外
further更远的
scandent[植]攀缘的
rising上升
upgoing向上行进的
ascendant上升的
besides除 ... 之外
the那
to the skies无保留地(极度地...
to the top到顶部
above stairs在正房; 在主人的住处...
on the rise在上涨
to对于
over and above 除 ... 之外
in addition另外
skies天空
stairs楼梯
top顶部
addition增加
in在 ... 里
and和
on在 ... 之上
rise上升
upwardly在上面地

【反义词】

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