upward
向上,向上的,向上移动,向上看
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Also upwards.
- : toward a higher place or position: The birds flew upward.
- : toward a higher or more distinguished condition, rank, level, etc.: His employer wishes to move him upward in the company.
- : to a greater degree; more: fourscore and upward.
- : 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.
- : in the upper parts; above.
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- : moving or tending upward; directed at or situated in a higher place or position.
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Even though upward of one-third of the US population may have already been exposed to the virus, we don’t fully know who has had it because there are so many asymptomatic cases, and because of gaps in testing.
A wispy, spirit-like version of herself falls away from her body as her outstretched arm and eyes point upward.
If case counts in an area begin to tick upward, public-health departments should be ready to respond quickly with vaccination and testing campaigns, Popescu says.
In the lab box tests, spiders had to add strand after strand before researchers saw the first upward lurch.
She has been depositing upward of $250 a month for the last six months into both of my daughters' accounts.
Officials have said the war to reclaim upward of a third of Iraq and a quarter of Syria from ISIS could take years.
Their clear priorities : faster economic growth and promoting upward mobility for the middle and working classes.
For fees ranging upward of $100, the officiant is the person who makes a prison marriage happen.
Constitutional arguments aside, there do seem to be some better ways to create conditions for upward mobility among newcomers.
Unlike a normal ship, the bow slopes upward from the water up to the deck.
Both of the orator's hands swung upward and outward, and he looked intently at the ceiling.