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adverb ʌpəp 1Towards a higher place or position. 向上，向较高处 他跳了起来。 two of the men hoisted her up 两个男人把她抬了起来。 帘子升了起来。 Example sentencesExamples - Mercifully, the sail contraption collapsed and fell overboard before I even got it up.
- It just felt so good to be up on stage and have people cheering for me!
- She put the phone back up to her ear.
- We should be up on that roof shouting that Musselburgh is the best small racecourse in the country.
- Tell us what it is like to be up on that podium with that crowd just going wild and cheering for you?
- It was a really fantastic feeling to be up on the podium.
- Generally speaking, the biggest expense for a satellite is getting it up there.
- How can you imagine what it is to be up on stage performing these songs?
- Bob had promised that this time he'd be up on stage with him.
- Drive the ball into the lane rather than lifting it up and onto the lane.
- He would be up on his feet thumping, and telling us that repeal was the option.
- After flying for about 20 miles, I finally got it up to 1000 feet, cruising along at a nice 110 knots.
- I wouldn't want to be up on deck in the sort of weather that they had when they hit the reef.
- A large, heavy dog jumping up on people can be dangerous to young children and even to some adults.
Synonyms up, upward, uphill, towards a higher level, to the top - 1.1 Upstairs.
到楼上 she made her way up to bed 她上楼去睡觉。 Example sentencesExamples - She had fallen asleep in the chair after supper and had gone straight up to bed at midnight.
- He came over to say, ‘I'm going up now. Room 205’.
- Do you want to come up to my room and watch TV?
- 1.2 (of the sun) visible after daybreak.
（太阳）升起 the sun was already up when they set off 他们出发时太阳早已升起。 Example sentencesExamples - Once the sun came up the civilians brought tea out for the soldiers and gave them water.
- The sun was up and the sky was clear.
- At 5:30 it's light, and by 6 the sun is up and making the forest glow.
- 1.3 Expressing movement towards or position in the north.
向北方；在北方 he's driving up to Inverness to see the old man 朝北开到因弗内斯去看那位老人。 Example sentencesExamples - John said he was filming up in Canada and had a part with one or two lines in it for me.
- They went up north for the day, to Duluth, probably to see Lake Superior.
- On Friday, Jimmy and I are driving up to Yorkshire to attend a wedding.
- I was supposed to be up on the East coast somewhere, probably getting over the gig in Whakatane last night.
- 1.4 To or at a place perceived as higher.
向高处 I'm going for a walk up to the shops 朝高处散步去商店。 Example sentencesExamples - You're supposed to be up at the house fixing my phone.
- We strolled up to Argyll Street and had lunch at Garfunkels.
- I went past the station taxi rank yesterday and I couldn't get near it so I went up to town and it was the same story.
- 1.5as exclamation Used as a command to a soldier or an animal to stand up and be ready to move or attack.
（用于命令士兵或动物）起来，起立 起来，男儿们，朝他们打。 Example sentencesExamples - Let's go, up and at 'em.
- All up! Ship out in ten!
- 1.6 (of food that has been eaten) regurgitated from the stomach.
（吐）出来 I was ill and vomited up everything 我病了，把吃的东西都吐了出来。 Example sentencesExamples - He threw up behind a mimosa tree in the woods back of Patty's.
- Patients are unable to control bowel and bladder functions, and some bring up their meal right in the middle of feeding.
- The cat just sicked up some grass on the cream carpet.
2At or to a higher level of intensity, volume, or activity. （强度，音量，活动）由弱到强，由低到高，由轻到响 她把音量开大。 使图更现生气。 US environmental groups had been stepping up their attack on GATT 美国环保团体一直在加强对关贸总协定的抨击。 Example sentencesExamples - Man, something must really be in the air lately, because the hate mail is up considerably at my job too.
- The event was brightened up by a cultural programme by the students which was well presented and appreciated.
- To start with, the level of demand goes up unpredictably.
- Turn the lights down and the sound up.
- In June, hotels were reporting business to be up on last year.
- The wind picked up from the west for the first time in ages, belting down the hill and rattling the windows.
- 2.1 At or to a higher price, value, or rank.
（强度，音量，活动）由弱到强，由低到高，由轻到响 sales are up 22.8 per cent at $50.2 m 销售提高了22. 8%，每米50. 2美元。 失业率增高并还在上升。 Example sentencesExamples - It expects sales to be up on last years revenues of $341 million.
- He added: ‘Our pack is up there with the best in the division.’
- The 2005 RAC Report on Motoring, launched today, reveals the number breaking the limit is up almost 10 per cent on a year ago.
- Revenue may be up on short-haul flights for the first time in a long time, but BA knows it can never transform itself into a low-frills carrier.
- Company cars are set to be taxed differently from April 2002 but the tax trend is up.
- Where people live is the key to a long-lasting marriage, according to a new survey on divorce rates in Britain, and the seaside resort is up there at the top of the list.
- The school's English and maths scores are down on last year but the science score is iup.
- Whale numbers overall throughout the season tend to be up on the previous year as well.
- 2.2 Winning or at an advantage by a specified margin.
高出，多 United were 3–1 up at half time 上半场联队3比1领先。 we came away £300 up on the evening 那晚我们赢走了300英镑。 Example sentencesExamples - At 14% the party is up a massive nine points since 1999 and looks like winning seats on all four Dublin councils.
- It's now one of the top 20 companies on the Australian Stock Exchange and its share price has gone up by over 70%.
- Louth got back on top and four unanswered points put them two up with ten minutes to go.
3To the place where someone is. 靠近（某人） Dot didn't hear Mrs Parvis come creeping up behind her 道特没听见帕伟斯夫人从后面悄悄靠近她。 Example sentencesExamples - He was talking with his client outside the courtroom when a witness rushed up and attacked his client.
- He played with the very simple philosophy of not letting the ball get past him and getting it up to his forwards as quickly as possible.
- We burst out of the car, just as the bus came up behind us, and said our quick goodbyes.
- A moment later Nikki and Sandra drove up in a van, followed by Pete in his car.
- He was on his own at a table eating when two guys went up to him.
4Towards or in the capital or a major city. 往（或在）首都（或重要城市） give me a ring when you're up in London 到伦敦后给我打个电话。 Example sentencesExamples - The girls will go up to Brisbane every Sunday to do classes and prepare for a performance.
- Tomorrow I'm up in London again for a planning meeting.
- 4.1British At or to a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge.
〈英〉往（或在）大学（尤指牛津或剑桥） they were up at Cambridge about the same time 他们几乎同时进剑桥大学。 Example sentencesExamples - ‘Were you up at Oxford yourself?’ inquires a voice so precise it could only be an Oxford don's.
- He went up to Cambridge University at 14, where he followed the standard undergraduate course of the day.
- I'd had one year up at Cambridge and then volunteered for the Army.
5Into the desired or a proper condition. 进入预想运转状态 the government agreed to set up a committee of inquiry 政府同意成立调查委员会。 Example sentencesExamples - Zoe took out each and every nail polish container and lined them up in front of her.
- It's going to take at least a year, though, to get it up and going.
- He said a few years ago the residents repaired the road and got it up to standard.
- Talk to your doctor about setting up a smart diet and exercise program.
- Unless you tidy up, everyone can see the gruesome jumble of cables.
- The scheduled repairs are essential and it will take 14 days of intensive work to get it up to the required standard.
- 5.1 So as to be finished or closed.
彻底地，完全地 I've got a bit of paperwork to finish up 我有点文案工作要完成。 他拉上手提包拉链。 Example sentencesExamples - I think we can probably wrap this up before we go to lunch because I have just a few questions.
- We drank the coffee pot dry and ate up all the snack stuff that his wife had put out for us.
- They are actually going on holiday tomorrow night and would like if possible to get it signed up before they go.
- There are just a couple of things we want to finish up.
- Why is it that when I wear a shirt with the collar buttoned up, I look as though I have forgotten to put on a tie?
6Into a happy mood. 进入快乐状态 I don't think anything's going to cheer me up 我认为没有什么事能使我高兴。 Example sentencesExamples - Daniel has cheered up since last week and is feeling confident about next season.
- Lester actually brightened up at the idea.
7Out of bed. 起床 Miranda hardly ever got up for breakfast 米兰达极少起床吃早饭。 Example sentencesExamples - After dinner, we went to bed so we could be up on time the next morning.
- Tony Hawk also thought it was way too early to be up on a Sunday morning.
- I don't think I'd ever known Lee to be up before eleven at the earliest and it was only half nine.
8Displayed on a noticeboard or other publicly visible site. 公开展示地 sticking up posters to advertise concerts 张贴音乐会海报。 Example sentencesExamples - Keith's poems will be up on the site later in the week - but if you are keen to learn more about the man and his inspirations, click on the link above.
- As I'm a singer and actor the pressure is on when your face is up on the poster for musicals.
- Don't know when it'll be up on the site, but at least I'm writing it now.
- Hopefully a copy of it should be up on the show's site when it goes live, so I'll listen in if I can.
- My first post for them is up, and one of the commenters has already written, ‘I hope many of your close relatives get a serious head injury.’
- Posters were put up around college.
- A notice pinned up at the cemetery gates stated that people had to take the wreaths away or they would be removed.
- So that exclusive should be up on the website within hours of it being mentioned on the blog.
- Yorkshire fans are advised to buy their tickets in advance because the ‘sold out’ signs are likely to be up on the day.
- As a senior I will have the whole year to develop one cohesive art show that will be up on display for a week.
9(of sailing) against the current or the wind. （航行）逆风地；逆水地 the bow of the boat was brought slowly up into the wind and held there Example sentencesExamples - Because he brought the sail up into the wind, the wind caught it and flipped it straight back onto the other side, and down on top of him.
- Back in the cockpit he decided it was time to tack, but found the yacht would not point up into the wind.
- 9.1 (of a ship's helm) moved round to windward so that the rudder is to leeward.
（舵柄）迎风转舵 Example sentencesExamples - We saw a square-rigged vessel in full sail close to us, so close that we had to strike sail to avoid running foul of her, while they too put the helm hard up to let us pass.
10Baseball
At bat. 〔棒球〕在场上击球 every time up, he had a different stance 每次上场击球，他的姿态都不同。 Example sentencesExamples - In the ninth, I was scheduled to be the fourth man up.
- They got a man in scoring position with two out and Buddy Kerr up.
preposition ʌpəp 1From a lower to a higher point of (something) 往…上端，沿…往上 she climbed up a flight of steps 她爬上一段楼梯。 Example sentencesExamples - She pushed her glasses further up the bridge of her nose.
- We picked our way up one side of the ridge, and I found a spot where we could spend the long night ahead.
- Calleri is one of several Argentines moving steadily up the rankings.
- I don't know where we were, but I wanted to climb up a really steep hill - which seemed to take ages.
- He was assigned to work as an Inspecteur des Finances at the French Finance Ministry in 1971 and rose up the hierarchy.
- She shrieked with laughter as they raced up the stairs.
- 1.1 To a higher part of (a river or stream), away from the sea.
往（河，溪）上游 沿莱茵河向上游航行。 Example sentencesExamples - We think it is a realistic proposition to bring a crossing between Kent and Southend, and eventually up the Thames to London.
- In 1866 the U.S.S. General Sherman sailed up the Taedong River to Pyongyang.
- Last summer I made a trip up the Amazon basin in Peru.
2Along or further along (a street or road) 沿街走。 Example sentencesExamples - I lived just up the street from them.
- He's done one job for Redwood City, and one for Emeryville that's just a few blocks up Park Avenue from his office.
- He was returning from visiting his mother further up Silchester Road when the evacuation began and was unable to get back to his home.
3informal At or to (a place) 到处 we're going up the Palais 去舞厅。 Example sentencesExamples - Fancy going up the shops?
- Then we went up the pub and stayed there until midnight.
adjective ʌpəp 1attributive Directed or moving towards a higher place or position. 向上的，上行的 上行自动扶梯。 Example sentencesExamples - I slipped one of the attendants a tip, then I headed for the up escalator and the station.
- If the fish's bulk is allowing it to take line against the drag on the up stroke of the pump, slow the action down so that the fish is not winning any line at all.
- It gets kind of clumsy when the path leads down the screen and you have the press the up key but that's a relatively minor quibble.
- You can press the up and down arrows repeatedly to cycle through the commands that you've already typed in.
- 1.1 Relating to or denoting trains travelling towards the major point on a route.
（列车）上行的；去主要站的 首班上行列车。 Example sentencesExamples - A means of access to the up platform of the station from the Worcester road would be a boon to many.
- To my right passes an up train surprisingly full: the workers of Croydon speeding to Clapham Junction.
2predicative At an end. 完成的，完结的 his contract was up in three weeks 他的合同三个星期后到期。 时间到了。 Example sentencesExamples - Having spent several years at the club his contract is up next summer.
- I'm going to move out of this house when my contract is up next year.
- But he has been an MLA for almost five years, and he has yet to have done something for his constituents - perhaps a constituency meeting before his term is up.
- He wants to move back east and his lease is up at the end of September, making this my last chance to visit.
- I've got a court order here and it says your time is up.
- Despite people suggesting my time is up as manager of Manchester United I am determined to carry on.
- ‘I want people to ignore the band and sing ‘sack the band’ at every song they do - just harmless fun things to let them know that their time is up.’
- The mobile providers expect you to stay loyal even after your contract is up, so they make their money back in the long run.
- Many pension experts believe most companies will have to tear up their existing final salary arrangements before the year is up.
3predicative (of a road) being repaired. （道路）正在整修的 Example sentencesExamples - As you know the road is up for repairs.
4predicative (of a computer system) functioning properly. （计算机系统）运行正常的 现在系统运行正常。 Example sentencesExamples - After the system is up, we use Smaart Live to look for minor problems.
- You might as well say that the publishing industry will fail now that the internet is up, and I don't really see that happening anytime soon.
- My usually reliable comment system is moving to a different host and should be up by the weekend.
5predicative In a cheerful mood; ebullient. 高兴的，情绪高涨的 the mood here is resolutely up 此间气氛肯定高涨。 Example sentencesExamples - I'm really up and excited.
- The likes of John Mullane and my own brother Eoin are totally new to the scene and their confidence is up.
- There were a few revelers, but really, the mood is up right now.
- Learn what makes you feel ‘up’, what relaxes you, what makes you swim fast.
- You know the geek mood is up when attendees stop talking about making rent this month, and resume predicting the date of the Singularity.
6(of a jockey) in the saddle. （骑师）骑着马的 7Physics
Denoting a flavour of quark having a charge of +2/3. Protons and neutrons are thought to be composed of combinations of up and down quarks. 〔物理〕（夸克的味）带有+2/3电荷的，上夸克的（质子和中子被认为是由上夸克和下夸克组成） Example sentencesExamples - In the weak interaction of radioactivity it has been known for many years that the neutrino turns into an electron or that an up quark transmutes into a down.
nounPlural ups ʌpəp informal A period of good fortune. 〈非正式〉走运 you can't have ups all the time in football 足球场上你不可能总走运。 Example sentencesExamples - The club has had more downs than ups over the years but that indomitable spirit that it is renowned for has lived proudly on.
- There have been a few casualties, a few ups with the downs.
- Plus, a big year for Bo Bice, filled with ups - a new baby, a new album - and downs - emergency surgery.
- Don't you ever think, Tammy Faye, that your life, while it has had a lot of ups, has been a series of heartbreaks?
- It has seen more downs than ups in the 24 years of its existence.
- But really, taking the ups with the downs, life in Ireland has improved considerably since the 1950s.
- Soderbergh has Clooney and wife relive many of their most difficult moments, the ups, downs, guilt trips, bad karma and lamentable interludes.
- The Bluth family, the center of this half-hour show, has had a lot of ups, but now the downs have arrived, bigtime.
- He hadn't been dealt life's best hand it has to be said, and he knew more downs than ups in troubled times.
- Hassett is now one the senior players on the Kerry side, but despite almost as many downs as ups with the team he remains as committed as ever.
- We set high standards, and although you have to take the ups with the downs, we do feel a responsibility to the Borders public.
verbupped, upping, ups ʌpəp 1up and do somethinginformal no object Do something unexpectedly. 她突然离开了他。 Example sentencesExamples - Suddenly they upped and moved, telling neighbours that they were emigrating to the US.
- She was very distressed and told me the family had upped and gone to England and she was very fearful for the safety of the two children.
- A few months later, the guy who owned and operated the company upped and vanished to avoid a legion of creditors, and has not been seen since.
- Then we upped and left, diverting to avoid a heath fire.
- Then one day she just upped and bit the hand that fed her.
- One track and I would have let it pass but they boogied on so at track four I upped and dressed to go knock on their door.
- He claims he upped and ran, first to Kildare and then to Waterford as a result of the pressure and the rumours of a €10,000 price on his head.
- After one particular row Iris upped and went to France to pick grapes.
- Eventually I just upped and left at 17, went to London to find musicians to play with.
- After finishing their A-levels the band upped and left for London.
- She just upped and left Slovakia, came here knowing no-one, and now she works at Macey's!
- Now, the batteries in my alarm clock have just upped and died too.
- Anyway, housemate Big Al has upped and left for pastures green.
- When the pain inflicted by his bullying schoolfellow exceeded the pain-pleasure ratio, he upped and ran away from Repton.
- Cutting, trimming, finishing, pressing: it was taxing work, though not for the bosses who upped and relocated their operations to other sites nearby in order to escape the clutches of the VAT man.
Synonyms brighten, brighten up, lighten, become light, light up, break, clear up, become bright, become brighter, become lighter, become fine, become sunny 2with object Increase (a level or amount) 使（水平，数目）提高，使上升 capacity will be upped by 70 per cent next year 明年产能将增加70%。 Example sentencesExamples - I think it's time to go back to the doctors and get the meds changed / upped.
- After initially planting 1.5 acres, they upped that to five acres in 2002.
- The offer - since shamefacedly upped to $35 million - equates to what?
- Pension funds, hit hard by market volatility, could better protect returns by upping their long-term risk-free holdings.
- The performance will have something for everyone, with the opening half dedicated to acoustic numbers, while the second half will see the tempo upped with a selection of rock ‘n’ roll hits.
- As it turns out she's having her basic three-channel television reception upped to a cable package in anticipation of her daughter's homecoming from the hospital.
- Clubs can now take four short-term and four long-term loans at any one time, with the maximum allowed in any one match upped to five.
- The win upped the team's win-loss record to 14-0.
- The tempo was then upped with the arrival of Dallas Tamiara for the final few songs including the album's first single, ‘Dust’.
- On Monday afternoon, we'd upped that to $15 million.
- If you want to make the most of your protein sources, try upping the amount of fish you take in.
- Following the break, Mayo upped their game considerably.
- At the heart of the CR-V beats Honda's lively new 2.0-litre i-VTEC engine with power output upped in 2002 to 150 bhp.
- The Government keeps changing the criteria and they are being upped again in April.
- One or two guys are clearly playing within a comfort zone and it is time they upped the pace a bit.
- Raising his hand, he upped the bid to $1.1 million.
- When the company bought the land, it upped that rent from around £1,000 a year to £3,500 a year.
- Rio already earns 4.4 million a year but if reports are to be believed, he wants his 70,000 a week salary upped to 120,000.
- My big achievement for the day was talking to my new account exec at iPowerWeb and getting my storage space upped to 3gb.
- Simply upping the amount of fruit and vegetables you eat will make a difference.
- While the previous version uses Intel's 800MHz FSB, the Pro release ups that to 1066MHz.
Synonyms add to, make larger, make bigger, make greater, augment, supplement, top up, build up, enlarge, expand, extend, raise, multiply, elevate, swell, inflate 3with object Lift (something) up. 举起，抬起 everybody was cheering and upping their glasses 每个人都欢呼并举起了杯子。 Example sentencesExamples - She ups her stick and begins to belabour him across the shoulders.
- 3.1up withWest Indian, US informal no object Raise or pick up (something)
〈非正式，主西印度，主美〉拿起，拾起 this woman ups with a stone 这妇女拿起一块石头。 Example sentencesExamples - Every time anybody showed himself, Earl upped with that rifle and levelled down.
- There was another lady that came in a hurry, and would stop if we were not more than a minute; so Jim ups with a specimen, without looking at it, and it was the picture of a woman and her child.
Synonyms informed about, conversant with, au fait with, up to speed on, in touch with, up with, au courant with, plugged into, familiar with, knowledgeable about, acquainted with, aware of
PhrasesBe well informed about. 了解 they are well up on current environmental trends Example sentencesExamples - Anyway, you seem to be up on physics, and you seem to know what I'm saying so maybe you could help me here.
- In this day of endless theory, top players need to be up on all important games if they are to have any hope of success.
- Even officials who would presumably be up on such issues appeared fuzzy about the central questions.
- She wanted to be be up on any news sent to them.
- When I went out there last year people really seemed to be up on racing.
- However, you two don't seem to be up on current events.
Synonyms well versed in, well informed about, conversant with, knowledgeable about, informed about, abreast of, apprised of, up to date on, au courant with familiar with, acquainted with, au fait with, at home with, no stranger to experienced in, proficient in, practised in, skilled in informal up to speed on, clued up on, genned up on, plugged into formal cognizant of dated perfect in
informal It is the end or there is no hope for. 〈非正式〉对…而言，一切都完了 Example sentencesExamples - Man himself had been his greatest blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men equal to God - it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific!
- ‘Ah, he may think so,’ said the gaoler; ‘but it is all up with him, I can tell him.’
- ‘I guess it is all up with me, boys,’ is what he moaned when death came.
- If we do not run our belief about God into practical issues, it is all up with the vision God has given.
- Asked if he were willing to ‘concede that it is all up with the Republican Party now’ in the next election, he replied: ‘No, sir, I am not.’
- Let the circulation stop for one moment and the heart stops at the same time, and it is all up with the human machine!
- No, the first time I see him, it is all up with him, I can tell you.
- He refers to California always as ‘God's country ’, and if you permit him to start his God's country line of talk, it is all up with intelligent conversation for the rest of the day.
- The doctors say that it is all up with the old dear unless some food is got into him.
- I believe that it is all up with the Union of the states; any compromise will come too late.
vulgar slang (of a man) achieve an erection.
1informal Becoming more successful. 〈英〉稳步提高 his career is certainly on the up and up Example sentencesExamples - The standard of play right across the board in Super League is on the up and up all the time
- He came out of hospital and was on the up and up, until foot and mouth struck all around us.
- Supported by her husband Niall, the business has been on the up and up over the last number of years.
- Despite dropping down a division to ply his trade, he insists he remains on the up and up.
- Citing injuries and a dip in form with key players, he is amiable but firm as he insists that things are on the up and up.
- Bob Downe is certainly on the up and up, because when you are Downe, there ain't no mountain high enough!
- Oh yes, things seemed to be on the up and up for the Pack.
- This is yet another indication that Bradford is on the up and up.
- Once again that jackpot is on the up and up and now stands at 2400.
- Wexford football has been on the up and up for some time now.
Synonyms prosperous, affluent, wealthy, rich, well-to-do, doing well, moneyed flourishing, thriving, booming, buoyant, burgeoning, doing well, profitable, profit-making, moneymaking, lucrative, gainful, fruitful, solvent, bankable 2informal Honest or sincere. 〈主北美〉诚实的，正直的 he argued that pro wrestling was on the up and up Example sentencesExamples - One should not confuse the former with the latter since as far as I know the latter is totally on the up and up and doesn't spam people in order to increase their userbase.
- The company is in the process of setting up a privacy board that includes a prominent Stanford law professor and cyberlaw expert, to make sure that everything's on the up and up.
- The box never mentions this is a fake program, and there is little to show you it's not on the up and up.
- Call me crazy, but this doesn't seem all on the up and up.
- But assuming you do work out a way that you get paid, you do pay taxes, and everything you do is either on the up and up, or at least slips by the notice of anyone that would care.
- Try to be on the up and up with people because that's going to be your blessing right there.
- This will breathe a breath of fresh air into the moribund political and government system, and force them to be more on the up and up.
- If the Rebels are really on the up and up, why do they associate with criminals like Solo?
- I repeat, the guy in charge of making sure all government contracts are on the up and up just got arrested for corruption.
Synonyms promising, budding, rising, coming, on the up and up, in the making, with potential, likely to succeed
informal Something unusual or undesirable is happening. 〈非正式〉不寻常（或不好）的事发生了，出事了 Example sentencesExamples - I don't know why, but I have a feeling that something's up.
- If girls and boys are getting higher grades for doing old papers that were scoring two or three grades lower last decade, something is up.
- Upon landing in Dorval, I counted 18 hours without sleep, so when my phone rang wildly I knew something was up.
1Close to or in contact with. 靠近；接触 crowds pressed up against the barricades 人群逼近警察设置的路障。 Example sentencesExamples - So it was down guitars again and leaning out the window to witness the police pinning this guy up against my front door.
- When she turned into the passage I pressed myself up against the wall and held my finger over my lips.
- The door appeared to have a table pushed up against it, and there's rather too much noise going on in there to be healthy.
- I don't like standing in a packed out lift with people pressed right up against me.
- Later, I saw the pair of them with their noses pressed up against the back door of our neighbours.
- Her eyes were closed and she was propped up against the trunk of the tree.
- An abandoned house - well, abandoned except for the cattle rubbing up against it.
- He was leaning up against the door, pressing his ear to the wood to see if she was coming to let him in.
- Jackie was leaned up against a tree with his eyes closed and his hands on his stomach.
- He pulled me close but I freaked and found myself pushed up against my side of the car.
Synonyms touching, in contact with, close up to, up against, abutting, on, adjacent to - 1.1informal Confronted with.
〈非正式〉面对，面临 I began to think of what teachers are up against today 我开始想老师们今天将面临什么。 Example sentencesExamples - England will be up against a degree of mental hardness which no other Test country begins to approach.
- After running the top dogs close, City are up against a side just a point below them.
- On the day they were up against a very good side who never allowed them to play to their potential.
- You have to stay close to your opponents, especially when you are up against big names, and we did that.
- They are playing on foreign soil, are a long way from home and will be up against a very partisan crowd.
- It was a tough task for the elder of the siblings, who was up against Davis Cup exponent David Sherwood.
- Tommy did very well in a very tough category where he was up against strong competition.
- The letter from Mr Ritter only goes to show the problems we are up against.
- When we look at what we are up against, it would be absolutely fundamental.
- You will learn why it is so crucial that we fight on, who's on our side, and who/what we are up against.
- 1.2informal In a difficult situation.
they play better when they're up against it 面对困难时，他们打得更好。 Example sentencesExamples - People are visibly up against it, unless they're in the parallel dollar-economy.
- Norwich City were up against it from day one in the Premiership.
- Both 20, and up against it, they become friends and wind up sharing an apartment.
- Suddenly, Yorkshire were up against it and there was no way back when Fellows became the first of the run out victims.
- We'll be up against it, but it's a challenge that every player is looking forward to.
- We were up against it, because we had to play more than an hour with one man less.
- We didn't get the call until 2pm and we knew we would be up against it for the rest of the day.
- Given Kildare's population, smaller counties are really up against it.
- Regulars at the Frog Hall are up against it in their battle to save the pub.
- Bruce, is it tough when the client is up against it media-wise?
Synonyms destitute, poverty-stricken, impoverished, indigent, penniless, insolvent, impecunious, ruined, pauperized, without a penny to one's name, without two farthings to rub together, without two pennies to rub together
No longer in bed (after sleep or an illness). （睡眠或生病后） 起床；下床 Example sentencesExamples - Styles was on the mend and anxious to be up and about.
- It was too soon after the injury to be up and about.
- Suffering from a mild form of insomnia, I spend a lot of time up and about in the early hours before dawn.
- I expected my mom to be up and about but I guess she went to sleep.
- At least now I'm up and about, whereas I'd still be recovering if I'd had a caesarean.
- She opened her door and, to her surprise, saw no one up and about.
- Quite what they were doing up and about at 8.40 am I don't know.
- There's nothing I like better, if I'm up and about in the morning, than to bury my head in a newspaper.
- By the time the sun had risen, Robert was already up and about.
- If you are serious about photography, dawn is the time to be up and about.
a normal young chap wants to be up and doing 正常的年轻人总想积极向上。 Example sentencesExamples - Groaning in the need to be up and doing… she sat up and held her head for a moment.
- I was already exhausted when I wrote this, and have been up and doing pretty much ever since.
- But the West so often wants to be up and doing, and so often thinks that things can be fixed.
- Consequently, it will not do to sit down quietly at home and wait for one to come, but a person must be up and doing and on the chase!
pacing up and down in front of her desk 在她书桌前踱来踱去。 Example sentencesExamples - He often paced up and down in his study in Coyoacan talking to himself…
- Before the start the pair touched hands as they paced up and down while the medal ceremony for the men's 100m took place.
- He paces up and down while we talk; his day is spent on the move.
- They had been running up and down, back and forth, slamming into each other, trying to get the ball.
- He began pacing up and down slowly and deliberately.
- Anny heard her in the hallway pacing up and down.
- Fletcher inhaled deeply and paced up and down in front of the sink and stove.
- Men stroll up and down strutting their stuff and surveying the scene.
- He was pacing up and down, back and forth between all the computers, anxious to find something, anything!
- He had a love affair for massive grocery stores - he'd wander up and down filling the cart with the best deals regardless of whether we ate or even liked the stuff.
- 1.1as prepositionTo and fro along.
来来回回，往返地 strolling up and down the corridor 在走廊上踱来踱去。 Example sentencesExamples - The last ten minutes of the opening half were certainly played at a frantic pace with the ball up and down the field.
- Enzo and Cristina slipped into their own world as they strolled up and down the dock.
- I did, I couldn't sit still, I was pacing up and down the dining room alternatively exhorting and cursing our players.
- We brought along specialists who walked up and down the runway to take readings and measurements.
- One is the traditional pattern of planting in which the tractor-drawn seeder is driven back and forth along the field, up and down every row.
- Lately he'd taken to pacing relentlessly up and down the hallway in their tiny, one-bedroom flat.
- You only had to look at the coach skulking up and down the touchline throughout the second half to see that.
- After a bunch of races, most of them won by Marin teams, it seems, there is a bit of a lull around here, so I walk up and down the row of club tents.
- We walk along the sand and up and down the corridors of the building, looking for the boy.
- Dyer, with his electric pace, scurried up and down the right flank, often dragging three players in his wake.
2In various places throughout. 到处，处处 in clubs up and down the country 在全国各地俱乐部。 Example sentencesExamples - We hope this will provide debate in the workplace, football grounds, pubs and clubs up and down the country.
- So rang the familiar exchange which will no doubt be ringing through many homes up and down the land again this Christmas.
- First there were the revelations that the council's pension fund was massively in the red, along with those of councils and businesses up and down the country.
- We have guys who come along to watch youth games and pay money to travel up and down Scotland to see matches.
- Losing weight is one of the traditional New Year resolutions - health clubs up and down Britain will be rubbing their hands with glee as they wait for the usual January rush.
- A former schoolteacher, she shadowed us throughout a two-day stint up and down and across Yellowstone National Park.
- Something unusual is happening in the pubs and clubs up and down the land.
- The band made their debut at the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival and have been booked at clubs up and down the coast ever since.
- Personally I follow my home county up and down the country throughout the year, as well as being an active member of my local club.
- Catch DJ Lubi at Mas Fuego, Salsoul and various clubs up and down the UK.
3In varying states or moods; changeable. 〈非正式〉（情绪，状态）多变的 my relationship with her was up and down 我和她的关系变化不定。 Example sentencesExamples - Sometimes I can be up and down in cycles throughout the same day.
- My relationship has been up and down, but for the most part it's been good.
- He has been up and down throughout the summer.
- What I listen to depends on my mood, which anyone who knows me will say is very up and down.
- Plus he's so unpredictable-his moods are up and down.
- I'm still feeling a bit up and down, generally up though so don't worry.
- My mood was incredibly up and down over the two days and his was too.
- Tree were a side inspired after winning five of their first six games but a defeat on June 4 started the slide and the club have been up and down ever since.
- But he admits his two months with the club have been up and down - particularly at home.
- The outspoken guitarist claims his wild sibling suffers from terrible mood swings and is constantly up and down about everything in his life.
Synonyms variable, inconstant, varying, changing, shifting, fluctuating, irregular, erratic, wavering, vacillating, inconsistent, fluid, floating, unsteady, unfixed, uneven, unstable, unsettled, turbulent, movable, mutable, chameleon-like
(especially of a computer system) in operation; functioning. （尤指计算机系统）运行中 the new computer is up and running 新电脑在运行。 Example sentencesExamples - See my previous post for more info on how to keep your computers up and running.
- His website is still up and running, but his telephone number is unobtainable.
- This project may be up and running in the next month or so on a pilot basis to see what demand there is.
- She is in the process of applying for cash from the Lottery Fund and hopes to see the service up and running within a year.
- She said their computers were down and that they would be up and running at the earliest by noon.
- Mrs Garritt said she hoped the library would be up and running by this June after water damage to the ceiling.
- This scheme has been up and running for over two weeks now and is going very well.
- That is exactly what the industry is doing, with nearly a dozen online services now up and running.
- It is hoped the unit will be operating by December and a second one will be up and running in Leeds next year.
- Planning permission has already been granted and it is hoped the centre will be up and running by Easter.
Synonyms functioning, working, running, up and running, operative, in use, in action, going
Appearing for a hearing in the presence of. 出庭面对 we'll have to come up before a magistrate 我们将不得不出庭面对治安法官。 Example sentencesExamples - If you step over the line and steal you may well find yourself arrested and up before the magistrates.
- Eight days later she was up before the same court to admit committing two further thefts.
- Are not-so-fat people to be so demonised as to be hauled up before a jury of their peers?
- They get hauled up before the courts on the weight of complaints made by their parents.
- This is the third time he has been up before a judge in less than two years.
- If you were brought up before the headmaster he would poke you in the chest and you fell back.
- They are wrecked on the Isle of Dogs, and brought up before Golding, the deputy alderman.
- In London, he was hauled up before a series of high-ranking intelligence officers.
the house next door is up for sale 隔壁房子正待出售。 Example sentencesExamples - The house on the other side of them is up for sale.
- So he put the company up for sale, hoping that a buyer would groom his successors better than he could.
- A budding entrepreneur from Iowa swiped the singer's discarded water bottle at a recent concert then put it up for sale.
- The kennels were spacious and secure, with coloured tags differentiating the animals who were boarding and those up for adoption.
- The company expects to be up for auction in mid-March of this year.
- But when an entire collection came up for sale at a downtown coin shop, I couldn't resist.
- The works initially appeared at a SoHo gallery in New York in October, but were not put up for sale.
- The figurine is due to go up for sale at the Woolley & Wallis auction rooms on May 24.
- Mr Watkins put one million of his United shares up for sale last April.
- What that means, Martin, is that a lot is up for grabs.
2Being considered for. 被考虑 he had been up for promotion 他起床几个小时了。 Example sentencesExamples - Anyone putting him/her self up for public office should be, like Caesar's wife, beyond reproach.
- She was in the middle of a major campaign and she was also up for a promotion.
- All 60 councillors are up for election.
- She was up for promotion, and this would have been her last normal assignment.
his contract is up for renewal in June 他的合同将在六月到期续签。 Example sentencesExamples - Instead those drivers and ones with other criminal records will be assessed when their licences come up for annual renewal.
- The surcharge will come into effect immediately for new policies issued and for policies coming up for renewal.
- But her career is up for one of those periodic reinventions, as what the New Statesman calls ‘a new generation of artists’ bring her work into a new context.
- These matters are not for debate or up for discussion.
- But now the domain has come up for renewal, and I really don't have the time to maintain it.
- The contract should have been up for tender, like any spending of taxpayers' money.
- Of the eight full-time cable/satellite news channels, seven were up for license renewal.
- But now the contract to run them is up for renewal.
- If you have a contract with the customer, you sweat bullets when it comes up for renewal.
- The lease on the auxiliary coastguard station building, where they store their equipment, is up for renewal in May.
Synonyms a candidate for, in the running for, on the shortlist for, shortlisted for, being considered for, under consideration for, next in succession for, likely to receive, up for, ready for 4Ready to take part in (a particular activity) 〈非正式〉准备参加 Nigel was really up for it, as always 像平常一样，奈吉尔真准备好参加了。 Example sentencesExamples - There's no respite and you have to be up for it all the time.
- It's one of those places you go and you know that the people come out and they're up for it, they're very enthusiastic and have a great love of music.
- I think he is totally up for it and wants to change things.
- I am all up for it, just I don't believe other blokes would be with me.
- They're always really up for it in Scotland, but take that into a festival environment and there's even more abandon!
- And if any of you are serious about getting a flat I am up for it!
- ‘I have spoken to the kids in the area and their parents and they are right up for it,’ he said.
- At 46 he was the oldest contestant but certainly proved he was up for it during the four episodes.
- Sally's up for this mainly so that she can wear her short little ice-skating skirt.
- You could see quite a few westerners - out looking for bars, jumping in and out of taxis, up for it on a Friday night.
Synonyms ready, prepared, on the point of, set, all set, in a fit state, primed, disposed, likely, about
he led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off 他领着我到处走，直到我的腿都快断了。 Example sentencesExamples - So they had to move the traffic this way and that, up hill and down dale, in order to carry on with their work and keep it ‘flowing’.
- He said he was not looking for sympathy for Hart who, with his family, had been ‘harassed literally up hill and down dale by some of the media’.
- The contents could not be pumped up hill and down dale if the pipe were only half-full.
- You can walk up hill and down dale all in the space of a few hundred metres.
- I've been contacting agencies and employers directly, etc and in the last month I've been up hill and down dale visiting these agencies and having interviews.
- After struggling 27 kilometres up hill and down dale today, the relief is so palpable that I can almost hear all my limbs sigh in unison.
- ‘Back then we did what we can't do now, walking up hill and down dale,’ said 76-year-old Ron.
- But he took great pleasure in making me tramp all over the farm, up hill and down dale, and I was wearing a collar and tie.
- The Hull University humanities students had enrolled in a Yorkshire Studies course and were beginning to take a scholarly journey up hill and down dale.
- Watching the truculent teens toil up hill and down dale with huge loads strapped to their backs may get repetitive, but then suffering is a key part of reality's sadomasochistic charm.
informal Well suited to one's tastes, interests, or abilities. this job would be right up your street Example sentencesExamples - If you're a sci-fi fan, this one may still be up your alley, but I don't strongly recommended.
- If you like Helloween, Savatage, Rage, Gamma Ray et al, then this lot will be right up your street.
- In some ways it's right up my alley, being a period film.
- The Douglas Gordon show, however, was right up my alley.
- If you like editorials, opinions, point/counterpoint discussions, and top ten lists, then this website is right up your alley.
- But if your idea of a good pub includes a warm welcome, good drink in comfortable surroundings and a place to relax and have a chat, then Currid's will be right up your street.
- If you are getting a bit fed up with the type of service that Internet providers are giving at present then a meeting planned for Ballylongford could be right up your street.
- His entries on bookstacks and meditation are right up my alley, and probably pretty far up your alley, too.
- Well, we came up with an idea that I figured was right up your alley.
- Of course, if you are the kind of person who has purchased all three double-disc John Waters sets, this will probably be right up your alley.
informal A cry of encouragement or approval, especially in Australian Rules. the footy will be on soon and the familiar cries of ‘up there Cazaly’ will ring out Example sentencesExamples - AFL fans loved seeing a specky so much that they would shout, "Up There Cazaly" at his games.
- We all joked and shouted 'Up there Cazaly!' at him.
- As kids we always yelled, 'Up There Cazaly' when going for a speccy.
- When charging from their trenches, Diggers would yell, “Up their Cazaly!”
- You could hear it yelled, right in the middle of the battle thunder, 'Up there, Cazaly!
I could reach just up to his waist 我只能够到他的腰。 Example sentencesExamples - The shutters were firmly closed, but, as in many old houses, they did not reach right up to the very top of the window.
- I had boots that reached up to my knees.
- He walked across the frozen reservoir to retrieve his football but the ice gave way, plunging Luke into the water up to his waist.
- The snow reached up to about the middle of my shins, and it was not dry snow, it was the same wet snow that had been falling the previous day and night.
- The flood water reached up to the middle of the car wheels, seeping into our car floor and soaking the carpet in the car.
- After a journey of about ten minutes we could see ahead of us about a dozen people standing up to their waists in water.
- As he tried to walk across the mud he began to sink after just 15 metres and was quickly stuck up to his waist.
- 1.1Until.
up to now I hadn't had a relationship 至今我还没有与人有情人关系。 Example sentencesExamples - Sure, he thought he was Elvis, but he was a real trooper and was performing right up until the end.
- It traces the painter's adult life right up until his death in a car crash in 1956.
- Thorne received his big break years ago, but up until now has traded on his youth.
- The autumn and winter months up until the middle of December are traditionally the best time for game.
- The events in that car make you readdress everything Ryan Phillipe's character has done up to that point.
- If we have survived up to now what is stopping us from surviving in the future?
- You are always trying to improve and it goes on right up to the day you stop playing.
- Even better than that of the Victorian painter Augustus Leopold Egg, which was my favourite name up to now.
- The frustrating thing is, we were doing alright up until then and were making good use of our extra player.
- No one guessed this was possible, at least up until a month ago, but it's going to take place, like it or not.
Synonyms till, up to, up till, up until, as late as, up to the time of, up to the time that, until such time as, pending before, prior to, previous to, up to, up until, till, up till, earlier than, in advance of, ante-, pre-
2Indicating a maximum amount. 最多，多至 the process is expected to take up to two years 这一过程预计最多需要两年。 Example sentencesExamples - The Lion's Mane, Britain's largest jellyfish species, can reach up to two metres in diameter.
- After that the dealer earns his profit by adding on a margin of up to a maximum of 3 per cent.
- Fragrance on a label can indicate the presence of up to 4,000 separate ingredients.
- Supporters will have to foot the bill themselves and this could reach up to €900.
- In order for a game to proceed, you need at least two people connected and up to a maximum of six.
- Corporations may deduct from income an amount up to the fair market value of the ecological gift.
- The Board have offered to make a contribution to our cost up to a maximum of £50,000.
- They cater for men and boys from the age of two upwards and have trousers and jeans up to a 62 in waist.
- This is expected to reach up to 30 million kilowatts nationwide during peak times.
- She said the charity is hoping to secure up to 500,000 donor names on its Bone Marrow Register.
3with negative or in questionsGood enough for. 达到，及得上 I was not up to her standards 我还未达到她的标准。 Example sentencesExamples - He clearly was not up to standard and Lawrence took full advantage of this.
- I didn't have to worry whether water taxis, hotels and restaurants were up to his exacting standards.
- Half of the missile and ammunition stocks is outmoded and not up to modern requirements.
- Luckily for us no one else seemed to be up to the standard either - apart from the hosts and presenters.
- It would easily be up to the standard of our National One matches.
- In the private sector, majority of the medical colleges are not up to the standard of the PMDC.
- He's good at speeches, and this one was up to his usual standard.
- If they aren't up to standard, however, it could be a different story.
- So I think that we have to say very clearly that how we started on this past week was not up to standard.
- I think I do have a chance of a medal, if my boxing is up to standard.
- 3.1Capable of or fit for.
胜任；适于 he is simply not up to the job 他根本不胜任这项工作。 Example sentencesExamples - Mentally I was not up to the challenge of traveling to Australia.
- Considering there is so much going on, one look at the village hall tells you it is not up to the job.
- This is a tall order, and the mild white flesh of the turkey, even at its best, simply isn't up to the job.
- Everything checked out fine and both engines indicated that they were up to the task.
- She said she wasn't up to the job, and simply couldn't handle the media.
- Even for his supporters, it was a week that added to the doubts about whether he was still up to the job.
- I wasn't feeling up to going out, so I spent quite a bit of time listening to music.
- But from the opening ceremony, it was obvious that Atlanta's public transport was not up to the job.
- However, resident Robert Dyson, who is leading a campaign to stop the floods happening again, does not believe the sewage system is up to the job.
- He is very proud of a reform which will allow authorities ‘to sack teachers who are not up to the job’.
Synonyms allowed to, free to, in a position to
4The responsibility or choice of (someone) （职责，责任，抉择）在于 it was up to them to gauge the problem 判断这问题是他们的责任。 Example sentencesExamples - In Civilization, for example, you set yourself goals, but the way you achieve them is up to you.
- What you guys do with that information is up to you.
- What has happened has happened and it is up to the guys to get this tour back on track.
- The amount is up to the university and could vary depending on subject.
- But is it the government's duty, or is it up to individuals to take responsibility for their eating?
- What you want to do with your weekend is up to you.
- The choice of grid is up to the artist, as is the color of each of the grid's cells.
- It is really up to the dealer to reach these new markets at the local level with a positive message.
- No one is forcing them to make a difference here, it is really up to individual choice.
- These are schoolboy errors and it is up to the players to stop making them.
5Occupied or busy with. 〈非正式〉忙于 他在忙什么？ Example sentencesExamples - I wonder what he's up to?
- A real poker player would quickly realize what you were up to and stop falling for it.
- How often I come here depends whether or not I'm in England, but I tend to pitch up like an auditor to see what they're up to.
Synonyms before, until, till, up to, previous to, earlier than, preceding, leading up to, in advance of, ahead of, ante-, pre-
informal In the brain (with reference to intelligence) 〈英，非正式〉头脑里（指智力） a man with nothing much up top 大脑空空的人。 Example sentencesExamples - To be a good tackler is about what is up top and you have to be prepared to get hurt.
- Peg, you've got enough up top for both of us.
An exclamation expressing support for a stated person or thing. 好！棒极了！ Example sentencesExamples - So say it: up with technology, up with gadgets.
- Down with tragedy! Up with comedy!
- I don't see any handmade signs at shows that say ‘Up with diversity!’ but I think the cultural harmony is felt.
vulgar slang An exclamation expressing contemptuous defiance or rejection of someone. 〈粗俚〉操你妈的！呸！
1informal What is going on? 发生了什么事？ Example sentencesExamples - To my surprise he acknowledges me and says back, ‘Hey, what's up?’
- I have been talking to my crush online a lot lately, but I never knew what to say in person after the usual, ‘Hey, what's up?’
- You can imagine the scenario, Trent's lying on the coach playing Gamecube, and Jeordie walks in the door, ‘Hey man, what's up?’
- Raine smiled his acknowledgement and Wes returned her greeting, ‘Hey Sally, what's up?’
- Up ahead, I saw Dean's friends come up beside him, saying, ‘Yo, Dean, what's up?’
- I had overheard him greet a buddy who called him on the phone with ‘Yo man, what's up?‘
- He glanced over his shoulder as Harry stepped into the kitchen, ‘Oh hey, what's up?’
- ‘Heya,’ she said brightly as she sat down, ‘what's up?’
- She gave a huge smile and said, ‘Hey, what's up?’
- As I opened the door to Carolyn's room I smelled the scent of her favorite perfume in the air, and half expected her to appear with a ‘Hey Mom, what's up?’
2informal What is the matter? 怎么了 你怎么了？ Example sentencesExamples - You've been unusually touchy today, what's up?
- ‘Hey’ he said softly, then seeing my expression of worry. ‘what's up?’
- So, Conrad followed us to an area where no one could over hear what we were saying and looked at us, ‘So, what's up?’
- I'm too big of a Velvets fan to just go into an interview and say, ‘Hey, your last record's no good, what's up?’
- What's up with you, that you're looking so miserable?
- What's up with the world?
- How to respond to the comment ‘you look great - what's up?’
- You're certainly handing out the compliments tonight, what's up?
- Gwen realized Maria hadn't been talking much and asked her, ‘So, Maria, what's up?’
- His face was red and a witness asked him: ‘Mr Scherwitz, what's up?’
- Cook answered and then thinking to himself, ‘Hmmm wonder what's up?’
OriginOld English up(p), uppe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch op and German auf. Rhymescup, grown-up, pup, scup, straight-up, stuck-up, summing-up, sup, totting-up, two-up, washing-up abbreviation 1US Upper Peninsula (of the state of Michigan) her in-laws initiated her into all the charming ways of the UP
adverbəpəp 1Toward a higher place or position. 向上，向较高处 他跳了起来。 two of the men hoisted her up 两个男人把她抬了起来。 帘子升了起来。 Example sentencesExamples - Drive the ball into the lane rather than lifting it up and onto the lane.
- It was a really fantastic feeling to be up on the podium.
- Tell us what it is like to be up on that podium with that crowd just going wild and cheering for you?
- Generally speaking, the biggest expense for a satellite is getting it up there.
- After flying for about 20 miles, I finally got it up to 1000 feet, cruising along at a nice 110 knots.
- Bob had promised that this time he'd be up on stage with him.
- He would be up on his feet thumping, and telling us that repeal was the option.
- We should be up on that roof shouting that Musselburgh is the best small racecourse in the country.
- She put the phone back up to her ear.
- It just felt so good to be up on stage and have people cheering for me!
- Mercifully, the sail contraption collapsed and fell overboard before I even got it up.
- A large, heavy dog jumping up on people can be dangerous to young children and even to some adults.
- How can you imagine what it is to be up on stage performing these songs?
- I wouldn't want to be up on deck in the sort of weather that they had when they hit the reef.
Synonyms up, upward, uphill, towards a higher level, to the top - 1.1 Upstairs.
到楼上 she made her way up to bed 她上楼去睡觉。 Example sentencesExamples - She had fallen asleep in the chair after supper and had gone straight up to bed at midnight.
- He came over to say, ‘I'm going up now. Room 205’.
- Do you want to come up to my room and watch TV?
- 1.2 (of the sun) visible in the sky after daybreak.
（太阳）升起 the sun was already up when they set off 他们出发时太阳早已升起。 Example sentencesExamples - At 5:30 it's light, and by 6 the sun is up and making the forest glow.
- Once the sun came up the civilians brought tea out for the soldiers and gave them water.
- The sun was up and the sky was clear.
- 1.3 Expressing movement toward or position in the north.
向北方；在北方 Example sentencesExamples - I was supposed to be up on the East coast somewhere, probably getting over the gig in Whakatane last night.
- John said he was filming up in Canada and had a part with one or two lines in it for me.
- They went up north for the day, to Duluth, probably to see Lake Superior.
- On Friday, Jimmy and I are driving up to Yorkshire to attend a wedding.
- 1.4 To or at a place perceived as higher.
向高处 going for a walk up to the stores 朝高处散步去商店。 Example sentencesExamples - We strolled up to Argyll Street and had lunch at Garfunkels.
- You're supposed to be up at the house fixing my phone.
- I went past the station taxi rank yesterday and I couldn't get near it so I went up to town and it was the same story.
- 1.5as exclamation Used as a command to a soldier or an animal to stand up and be ready to move or attack.
（用于命令士兵或动物）起来，起立 起来，男儿们，朝他们打。 Example sentencesExamples - Let's go, up and at 'em.
- All up! Ship out in ten!
- 1.6 (of food that has been eaten) regurgitated from the stomach.
（吐）出来 I was sick and vomited up everything 我病了，把吃的东西都吐了出来。 Example sentencesExamples - Patients are unable to control bowel and bladder functions, and some bring up their meal right in the middle of feeding.
- The cat just sicked up some grass on the cream carpet.
- He threw up behind a mimosa tree in the woods back of Patty's.
2At or to a higher level of intensity, volume, or activity. （强度，音量，活动）由弱到强，由低到高，由轻到响 她把音量开大。 使图更现生气。 U.S. environmental groups had been stepping up their attack on GATT 美国环保团体一直在加强对关贸总协定的抨击。 Example sentencesExamples - The wind picked up from the west for the first time in ages, belting down the hill and rattling the windows.
- To start with, the level of demand goes up unpredictably.
- The event was brightened up by a cultural programme by the students which was well presented and appreciated.
- Turn the lights down and the sound up.
- In June, hotels were reporting business to be up on last year.
- Man, something must really be in the air lately, because the hate mail is up considerably at my job too.
- 2.1 At or to a higher price, value, or rank.
（强度，音量，活动）由弱到强，由低到高，由轻到响 sales are up 22.8 percent at $50.2 million 销售提高了22. 8%，每米50. 2美元。 unemployment is up and rising 失业率增高并还在上升。 Example sentencesExamples - The 2005 RAC Report on Motoring, launched today, reveals the number breaking the limit is up almost 10 per cent on a year ago.
- Where people live is the key to a long-lasting marriage, according to a new survey on divorce rates in Britain, and the seaside resort is up there at the top of the list.
- The school's English and maths scores are down on last year but the science score is iup.
- Whale numbers overall throughout the season tend to be up on the previous year as well.
- Revenue may be up on short-haul flights for the first time in a long time, but BA knows it can never transform itself into a low-frills carrier.
- It expects sales to be up on last years revenues of $341 million.
- Company cars are set to be taxed differently from April 2002 but the tax trend is up.
- He added: ‘Our pack is up there with the best in the division.’
- 2.2 Winning or at an advantage by a specified margin.
高出，多 we came away 300 bucks up on the evening 那晚我们赢走了300英镑。 there they were in the fourth quarter, up by 11 points Example sentencesExamples - At 14% the party is up a massive nine points since 1999 and looks like winning seats on all four Dublin councils.
- It's now one of the top 20 companies on the Australian Stock Exchange and its share price has gone up by over 70%.
- Louth got back on top and four unanswered points put them two up with ten minutes to go.
3To the place where someone is. 靠近（某人） Dot didn't hear Mrs. Parvis come creeping up behind her 道特没听见帕伟斯夫人从后面悄悄靠近她。 Example sentencesExamples - He was on his own at a table eating when two guys went up to him.
- A moment later Nikki and Sandra drove up in a van, followed by Pete in his car.
- He was talking with his client outside the courtroom when a witness rushed up and attacked his client.
- We burst out of the car, just as the bus came up behind us, and said our quick goodbyes.
- He played with the very simple philosophy of not letting the ball get past him and getting it up to his forwards as quickly as possible.
4Toward or in the capital or a major city. 往（或在）首都（或重要城市） give me a ring when you're up in London 到伦敦后给我打个电话。 Example sentencesExamples - Tomorrow I'm up in London again for a planning meeting.
- The girls will go up to Brisbane every Sunday to do classes and prepare for a performance.
- 4.1British At or to a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge.
〈英〉往（或在）大学（尤指牛津或剑桥） they were up at Cambridge about the same time 他们几乎同时进剑桥大学。 Example sentencesExamples - I'd had one year up at Cambridge and then volunteered for the Army.
- ‘Were you up at Oxford yourself?’ inquires a voice so precise it could only be an Oxford don's.
- He went up to Cambridge University at 14, where he followed the standard undergraduate course of the day.
5Into the desired or a proper condition. 进入预想运转状态 the mayor agreed to set up a committee 政府同意成立调查委员会。 Example sentencesExamples - Zoe took out each and every nail polish container and lined them up in front of her.
- Unless you tidy up, everyone can see the gruesome jumble of cables.
- It's going to take at least a year, though, to get it up and going.
- Talk to your doctor about setting up a smart diet and exercise program.
- He said a few years ago the residents repaired the road and got it up to standard.
- The scheduled repairs are essential and it will take 14 days of intensive work to get it up to the required standard.
- 5.1 So as to be finished or closed.
彻底地，完全地 I've got a bit of paperwork to finish up 我有点文案工作要完成。 Example sentencesExamples - They are actually going on holiday tomorrow night and would like if possible to get it signed up before they go.
- We drank the coffee pot dry and ate up all the snack stuff that his wife had put out for us.
- There are just a couple of things we want to finish up.
- I think we can probably wrap this up before we go to lunch because I have just a few questions.
- Why is it that when I wear a shirt with the collar buttoned up, I look as though I have forgotten to put on a tie?
6Into a happy mood. 进入快乐状态 I don't think anything's going to cheer me up 我认为没有什么事能使我高兴。 Example sentencesExamples - Daniel has cheered up since last week and is feeling confident about next season.
- Lester actually brightened up at the idea.
7Out of bed. 起床 Miranda hardly ever got up for breakfast 米兰达极少起床吃早饭。 他起床几个小时了。 Example sentencesExamples - I don't think I'd ever known Lee to be up before eleven at the earliest and it was only half nine.
- After dinner, we went to bed so we could be up on time the next morning.
- Tony Hawk also thought it was way too early to be up on a Sunday morning.
8Displayed on a bulletin board or other publicly visible site. 公开展示地 he put up posters around the city Example sentencesExamples - Don't know when it'll be up on the site, but at least I'm writing it now.
- As I'm a singer and actor the pressure is on when your face is up on the poster for musicals.
- Yorkshire fans are advised to buy their tickets in advance because the ‘sold out’ signs are likely to be up on the day.
- As a senior I will have the whole year to develop one cohesive art show that will be up on display for a week.
- A notice pinned up at the cemetery gates stated that people had to take the wreaths away or they would be removed.
- My first post for them is up, and one of the commenters has already written, ‘I hope many of your close relatives get a serious head injury.’
- Hopefully a copy of it should be up on the show's site when it goes live, so I'll listen in if I can.
- So that exclusive should be up on the website within hours of it being mentioned on the blog.
- Keith's poems will be up on the site later in the week - but if you are keen to learn more about the man and his inspirations, click on the link above.
- Posters were put up around college.
9(of sailing) against the current or the wind. （航行）逆风地；逆水地 Example sentencesExamples - Because he brought the sail up into the wind, the wind caught it and flipped it straight back onto the other side, and down on top of him.
- Back in the cockpit he decided it was time to tack, but found the yacht would not point up into the wind.
- 9.1 (of a ship's helm) moved so that the rudder is to leeward.
（舵柄）迎风转舵 Example sentencesExamples - We saw a square-rigged vessel in full sail close to us, so close that we had to strike sail to avoid running foul of her, while they too put the helm hard up to let us pass.
10Baseball
At bat. 〔棒球〕在场上击球 every time up, he had a different stance 每次上场击球，他的姿态都不同。 Example sentencesExamples - In the ninth, I was scheduled to be the fourth man up.
- They got a man in scoring position with two out and Buddy Kerr up.
prepositionəpəp 1From a lower to a higher point on (something); upward along. 往…上端，沿…往上 she climbed up a flight of steps 她爬上一段楼梯。 Example sentencesExamples - He was assigned to work as an Inspecteur des Finances at the French Finance Ministry in 1971 and rose up the hierarchy.
- She shrieked with laughter as they raced up the stairs.
- Calleri is one of several Argentines moving steadily up the rankings.
- We picked our way up one side of the ridge, and I found a spot where we could spend the long night ahead.
- I don't know where we were, but I wanted to climb up a really steep hill - which seemed to take ages.
- She pushed her glasses further up the bridge of her nose.
- 1.1 From one end to another of (a street or other area), not necessarily on an upward slope.
向（街道等）较远处，沿…而去 bicycling up Pleasant Avenue toward Maywood Avenue 沿街走。 Example sentencesExamples - He's done one job for Redwood City, and one for Emeryville that's just a few blocks up Park Avenue from his office.
- I lived just up the street from them.
- He was returning from visiting his mother further up Silchester Road when the evacuation began and was unable to get back to his home.
- 1.2 To a higher part of (a river or stream), away from the sea.
往（河，溪）上游 沿莱茵河向上游航行。 Example sentencesExamples - Last summer I made a trip up the Amazon basin in Peru.
- In 1866 the U.S.S. General Sherman sailed up the Taedong River to Pyongyang.
- We think it is a realistic proposition to bring a crossing between Kent and Southend, and eventually up the Thames to London.
adjectiveəpəp 1attributive Directed or moving toward a higher place or position. 向上的，上行的 上行自动扶梯。 Example sentencesExamples - If the fish's bulk is allowing it to take line against the drag on the up stroke of the pump, slow the action down so that the fish is not winning any line at all.
- It gets kind of clumsy when the path leads down the screen and you have the press the up key but that's a relatively minor quibble.
- You can press the up and down arrows repeatedly to cycle through the commands that you've already typed in.
- I slipped one of the attendants a tip, then I headed for the up escalator and the station.
2predicative At an end. 完成的，完结的 his contract was up in three weeks 他的合同三个星期后到期。 时间到了。 Example sentencesExamples - But he has been an MLA for almost five years, and he has yet to have done something for his constituents - perhaps a constituency meeting before his term is up.
- ‘I want people to ignore the band and sing ‘sack the band’ at every song they do - just harmless fun things to let them know that their time is up.’
- He wants to move back east and his lease is up at the end of September, making this my last chance to visit.
- Despite people suggesting my time is up as manager of Manchester United I am determined to carry on.
- I'm going to move out of this house when my contract is up next year.
- Many pension experts believe most companies will have to tear up their existing final salary arrangements before the year is up.
- I've got a court order here and it says your time is up.
- Having spent several years at the club his contract is up next summer.
- The mobile providers expect you to stay loyal even after your contract is up, so they make their money back in the long run.
3predicative (of a computer system or industrial process) functioning properly. （计算机系统）运行正常的 现在系统运行正常。 Example sentencesExamples - You might as well say that the publishing industry will fail now that the internet is up, and I don't really see that happening anytime soon.
- After the system is up, we use Smaart Live to look for minor problems.
- My usually reliable comment system is moving to a different host and should be up by the weekend.
4predicative In a cheerful mood; ebullient. 高兴的，情绪高涨的 the mood here is resolutely up 此间气氛肯定高涨。 Example sentencesExamples - Learn what makes you feel ‘up’, what relaxes you, what makes you swim fast.
- You know the geek mood is up when attendees stop talking about making rent this month, and resume predicting the date of the Singularity.
- There were a few revelers, but really, the mood is up right now.
- The likes of John Mullane and my own brother Eoin are totally new to the scene and their confidence is up.
- I'm really up and excited.
5(of a jockey) in the saddle. （骑师）骑着马的 6Physics
Denoting a flavor of quark having a charge of +2/3. Protons and neutrons are thought to be composed of combinations of up and down quarks. 〔物理〕（夸克的味）带有+2/3电荷的，上夸克的（质子和中子被认为是由上夸克和下夸克组成） Example sentencesExamples - In the weak interaction of radioactivity it has been known for many years that the neutrino turns into an electron or that an up quark transmutes into a down.
nounəpəp informal A period of good fortune. 〈非正式〉走运 you can't have ups all the time in football 足球场上你不可能总走运。 Example sentencesExamples - Plus, a big year for Bo Bice, filled with ups - a new baby, a new album - and downs - emergency surgery.
- Hassett is now one the senior players on the Kerry side, but despite almost as many downs as ups with the team he remains as committed as ever.
- Don't you ever think, Tammy Faye, that your life, while it has had a lot of ups, has been a series of heartbreaks?
- Soderbergh has Clooney and wife relive many of their most difficult moments, the ups, downs, guilt trips, bad karma and lamentable interludes.
- The club has had more downs than ups over the years but that indomitable spirit that it is renowned for has lived proudly on.
- But really, taking the ups with the downs, life in Ireland has improved considerably since the 1950s.
- It has seen more downs than ups in the 24 years of its existence.
- The Bluth family, the center of this half-hour show, has had a lot of ups, but now the downs have arrived, bigtime.
- He hadn't been dealt life's best hand it has to be said, and he knew more downs than ups in troubled times.
- There have been a few casualties, a few ups with the downs.
- We set high standards, and although you have to take the ups with the downs, we do feel a responsibility to the Borders public.
verbəpəp 1up and do somethinginformal no object Do something abruptly or boldly. 〈非正式〉突然做 她突然离开了他。 Example sentencesExamples - After one particular row Iris upped and went to France to pick grapes.
- When the pain inflicted by his bullying schoolfellow exceeded the pain-pleasure ratio, he upped and ran away from Repton.
- Now, the batteries in my alarm clock have just upped and died too.
- Anyway, housemate Big Al has upped and left for pastures green.
- Then we upped and left, diverting to avoid a heath fire.
- Cutting, trimming, finishing, pressing: it was taxing work, though not for the bosses who upped and relocated their operations to other sites nearby in order to escape the clutches of the VAT man.
- One track and I would have let it pass but they boogied on so at track four I upped and dressed to go knock on their door.
- Eventually I just upped and left at 17, went to London to find musicians to play with.
- Then one day she just upped and bit the hand that fed her.
- She was very distressed and told me the family had upped and gone to England and she was very fearful for the safety of the two children.
- Suddenly they upped and moved, telling neighbours that they were emigrating to the US.
- She just upped and left Slovakia, came here knowing no-one, and now she works at Macey's!
- A few months later, the guy who owned and operated the company upped and vanished to avoid a legion of creditors, and has not been seen since.
- He claims he upped and ran, first to Kildare and then to Waterford as a result of the pressure and the rumours of a €10,000 price on his head.
- After finishing their A-levels the band upped and left for London.
Synonyms brighten, brighten up, lighten, become light, light up, break, clear up, become bright, become brighter, become lighter, become fine, become sunny 2with object Cause (a level or amount) to be increased. 使（水平，数目）提高，使上升 capacity will be upped by 70 percent next year 明年产能将增加70%。 Example sentencesExamples - Rio already earns 4.4 million a year but if reports are to be believed, he wants his 70,000 a week salary upped to 120,000.
- As it turns out she's having her basic three-channel television reception upped to a cable package in anticipation of her daughter's homecoming from the hospital.
- Pension funds, hit hard by market volatility, could better protect returns by upping their long-term risk-free holdings.
- My big achievement for the day was talking to my new account exec at iPowerWeb and getting my storage space upped to 3gb.
- The tempo was then upped with the arrival of Dallas Tamiara for the final few songs including the album's first single, ‘Dust’.
- Clubs can now take four short-term and four long-term loans at any one time, with the maximum allowed in any one match upped to five.
- Raising his hand, he upped the bid to $1.1 million.
- One or two guys are clearly playing within a comfort zone and it is time they upped the pace a bit.
- Simply upping the amount of fruit and vegetables you eat will make a difference.
- While the previous version uses Intel's 800MHz FSB, the Pro release ups that to 1066MHz.
- Following the break, Mayo upped their game considerably.
- I think it's time to go back to the doctors and get the meds changed / upped.
- The performance will have something for everyone, with the opening half dedicated to acoustic numbers, while the second half will see the tempo upped with a selection of rock ‘n’ roll hits.
- On Monday afternoon, we'd upped that to $15 million.
- If you want to make the most of your protein sources, try upping the amount of fish you take in.
- When the company bought the land, it upped that rent from around £1,000 a year to £3,500 a year.
- The offer - since shamefacedly upped to $35 million - equates to what?
- The win upped the team's win-loss record to 14-0.
- The Government keeps changing the criteria and they are being upped again in April.
- At the heart of the CR-V beats Honda's lively new 2.0-litre i-VTEC engine with power output upped in 2002 to 150 bhp.
- After initially planting 1.5 acres, they upped that to five acres in 2002.
Synonyms add to, make larger, make bigger, make greater, augment, supplement, top up, build up, enlarge, expand, extend, raise, multiply, elevate, swell, inflate 3with object Lift (something) up. 举起，抬起 everybody was cheering and upping their glasses 每个人都欢呼并举起了杯子。 Example sentencesExamples - She ups her stick and begins to belabour him across the shoulders.
- 3.1up withWest Indian, US informal no object Raise or pick up (something)
〈非正式，主西印度，主美〉拿起，拾起 this woman ups with a stone 这妇女拿起一块石头。 Example sentencesExamples - Every time anybody showed himself, Earl upped with that rifle and levelled down.
- There was another lady that came in a hurry, and would stop if we were not more than a minute; so Jim ups with a specimen, without looking at it, and it was the picture of a woman and her child.
Synonyms informed about, conversant with, au fait with, up to speed on, in touch with, up with, au courant with, plugged into, familiar with, knowledgeable about, acquainted with, aware of
Phrases he was up on the latest methods 他对最新的方法了如指掌。 Example sentencesExamples - Even officials who would presumably be up on such issues appeared fuzzy about the central questions.
- When I went out there last year people really seemed to be up on racing.
- In this day of endless theory, top players need to be up on all important games if they are to have any hope of success.
- She wanted to be be up on any news sent to them.
- However, you two don't seem to be up on current events.
- Anyway, you seem to be up on physics, and you seem to know what I'm saying so maybe you could help me here.
Synonyms well versed in, well informed about, conversant with, knowledgeable about, informed about, abreast of, apprised of, up to date on, au courant with
informal It is the end of or there is no hope for (someone or something). 〈非正式〉对…而言，一切都完了 Example sentencesExamples - Man himself had been his greatest blunder; he had created a rival to himself; science makes men equal to God - it is all up with priests and gods when man becomes scientific!
- If we do not run our belief about God into practical issues, it is all up with the vision God has given.
- The doctors say that it is all up with the old dear unless some food is got into him.
- Asked if he were willing to ‘concede that it is all up with the Republican Party now’ in the next election, he replied: ‘No, sir, I am not.’
- No, the first time I see him, it is all up with him, I can tell you.
- Let the circulation stop for one moment and the heart stops at the same time, and it is all up with the human machine!
- ‘I guess it is all up with me, boys,’ is what he moaned when death came.
- ‘Ah, he may think so,’ said the gaoler; ‘but it is all up with him, I can tell him.’
- I believe that it is all up with the Union of the states; any compromise will come too late.
- He refers to California always as ‘God's country ’, and if you permit him to start his God's country line of talk, it is all up with intelligent conversation for the rest of the day.
vulgar slang (of a man) achieve an erection.
1informal Honest or sincere. 〈主北美〉诚实的，正直的 Example sentencesExamples - I repeat, the guy in charge of making sure all government contracts are on the up and up just got arrested for corruption.
- The box never mentions this is a fake program, and there is little to show you it's not on the up and up.
- Call me crazy, but this doesn't seem all on the up and up.
- But assuming you do work out a way that you get paid, you do pay taxes, and everything you do is either on the up and up, or at least slips by the notice of anyone that would care.
- This will breathe a breath of fresh air into the moribund political and government system, and force them to be more on the up and up.
- If the Rebels are really on the up and up, why do they associate with criminals like Solo?
- Try to be on the up and up with people because that's going to be your blessing right there.
- The company is in the process of setting up a privacy board that includes a prominent Stanford law professor and cyberlaw expert, to make sure that everything's on the up and up.
- One should not confuse the former with the latter since as far as I know the latter is totally on the up and up and doesn't spam people in order to increase their userbase.
Synonyms promising, budding, rising, coming, on the up and up, in the making, with potential, likely to succeed 2informal Steadily improving or becoming more successful. 〈英〉稳步提高 Example sentencesExamples - He came out of hospital and was on the up and up, until foot and mouth struck all around us.
- Supported by her husband Niall, the business has been on the up and up over the last number of years.
- The standard of play right across the board in Super League is on the up and up all the time
- Citing injuries and a dip in form with key players, he is amiable but firm as he insists that things are on the up and up.
- This is yet another indication that Bradford is on the up and up.
- Wexford football has been on the up and up for some time now.
- Bob Downe is certainly on the up and up, because when you are Downe, there ain't no mountain high enough!
- Once again that jackpot is on the up and up and now stands at 2400.
- Oh yes, things seemed to be on the up and up for the Pack.
- Despite dropping down a division to ply his trade, he insists he remains on the up and up.
Synonyms prosperous, affluent, wealthy, rich, well-to-do, doing well, moneyed flourishing, thriving, booming, buoyant, burgeoning, doing well, profitable, profit-making, moneymaking, lucrative, gainful, fruitful, solvent, bankable
informal Something unusual or undesirable is happening. 〈非正式〉不寻常（或不好）的事发生了，出事了 Example sentencesExamples - I don't know why, but I have a feeling that something's up.
- Upon landing in Dorval, I counted 18 hours without sleep, so when my phone rang wildly I knew something was up.
- If girls and boys are getting higher grades for doing old papers that were scoring two or three grades lower last decade, something is up.
1Close to or in contact with. 靠近；接触 crowds pressed up against the police barricades 人群逼近警察设置的路障。 Example sentencesExamples - The door appeared to have a table pushed up against it, and there's rather too much noise going on in there to be healthy.
- He pulled me close but I freaked and found myself pushed up against my side of the car.
- Jackie was leaned up against a tree with his eyes closed and his hands on his stomach.
- I don't like standing in a packed out lift with people pressed right up against me.
- He was leaning up against the door, pressing his ear to the wood to see if she was coming to let him in.
- Her eyes were closed and she was propped up against the trunk of the tree.
- Later, I saw the pair of them with their noses pressed up against the back door of our neighbours.
- When she turned into the passage I pressed myself up against the wall and held my finger over my lips.
- So it was down guitars again and leaning out the window to witness the police pinning this guy up against my front door.
- An abandoned house - well, abandoned except for the cattle rubbing up against it.
Synonyms touching, in contact with, close up to, up against, abutting, on, adjacent to - 1.1informal Confronted with or opposed by.
〈非正式〉面对，面临 I began to think of what teachers are up against today 我开始想老师们今天将面临什么。 Example sentencesExamples - You have to stay close to your opponents, especially when you are up against big names, and we did that.
- On the day they were up against a very good side who never allowed them to play to their potential.
- Tommy did very well in a very tough category where he was up against strong competition.
- You will learn why it is so crucial that we fight on, who's on our side, and who/what we are up against.
- When we look at what we are up against, it would be absolutely fundamental.
- It was a tough task for the elder of the siblings, who was up against Davis Cup exponent David Sherwood.
- The letter from Mr Ritter only goes to show the problems we are up against.
- They are playing on foreign soil, are a long way from home and will be up against a very partisan crowd.
- After running the top dogs close, City are up against a side just a point below them.
- England will be up against a degree of mental hardness which no other Test country begins to approach.
- 1.2informal Facing some serious but unspecified difficulty.
〈非正式〉面对某种困难，面临某种困境 they play better when they're up against it 面对困难时，他们打得更好。 Example sentencesExamples - Regulars at the Frog Hall are up against it in their battle to save the pub.
- Both 20, and up against it, they become friends and wind up sharing an apartment.
- We didn't get the call until 2pm and we knew we would be up against it for the rest of the day.
- Norwich City were up against it from day one in the Premiership.
- We were up against it, because we had to play more than an hour with one man less.
- Given Kildare's population, smaller counties are really up against it.
- Suddenly, Yorkshire were up against it and there was no way back when Fellows became the first of the run out victims.
- We'll be up against it, but it's a challenge that every player is looking forward to.
- Bruce, is it tough when the client is up against it media-wise?
- People are visibly up against it, unless they're in the parallel dollar-economy.
Synonyms destitute, poverty-stricken, impoverished, indigent, penniless, insolvent, impecunious, ruined, pauperized, without a penny to one's name, without two farthings to rub together, without two pennies to rub together
No longer in bed (after sleep or an illness). （睡眠或生病后） 起床；下床 Example sentencesExamples - It was too soon after the injury to be up and about.
- She opened her door and, to her surprise, saw no one up and about.
- Quite what they were doing up and about at 8.40 am I don't know.
- Suffering from a mild form of insomnia, I spend a lot of time up and about in the early hours before dawn.
- Styles was on the mend and anxious to be up and about.
- If you are serious about photography, dawn is the time to be up and about.
- At least now I'm up and about, whereas I'd still be recovering if I'd had a caesarean.
- By the time the sun had risen, Robert was already up and about.
- I expected my mom to be up and about but I guess she went to sleep.
- There's nothing I like better, if I'm up and about in the morning, than to bury my head in a newspaper.
1Moving upward and downward. 一上一下，起伏 上下跳动。 Example sentencesExamples - We followed the trail that had been made by years of climbing up and down, me tripping along the way like I usually did and sliding on the small rocks.
- It flew in a zigzag trajectory, up and down through the sky.
- A path that tottered up and down along the ridge.
- Right-elbow freedom allows the club to swing up and down.
- The crowd were going wild, singing along, jumping up and down, and cheering.
- While tiny tots jumped up and down on the bouncing castle, other children tried their hands on games such as wheel of fortune and hitting cans.
- She closed her eyes, and her chest stopped going up and down.
- A typical toy usually combines stationary and moving staircases; the latter moves periodically up and down.
- Shannon kept glancing at her watch and bouncing up and down.
- These strings are jerked up and down and the moving flags scare the fish and drive them into the net.
pacing up and down in front of her desk 在她书桌前踱来踱去。 Example sentencesExamples - He paces up and down while we talk; his day is spent on the move.
- Fletcher inhaled deeply and paced up and down in front of the sink and stove.
- He began pacing up and down slowly and deliberately.
- Men stroll up and down strutting their stuff and surveying the scene.
- He often paced up and down in his study in Coyoacan talking to himself…
- He was pacing up and down, back and forth between all the computers, anxious to find something, anything!
- They had been running up and down, back and forth, slamming into each other, trying to get the ball.
- Anny heard her in the hallway pacing up and down.
- He had a love affair for massive grocery stores - he'd wander up and down filling the cart with the best deals regardless of whether we ate or even liked the stuff.
- Before the start the pair touched hands as they paced up and down while the medal ceremony for the men's 100m took place.
- 2.1as prepositionTo and fro along.
来来回回，往返地 strolling up and down the corridor 在走廊上踱来踱去。 Example sentencesExamples - I did, I couldn't sit still, I was pacing up and down the dining room alternatively exhorting and cursing our players.
- We brought along specialists who walked up and down the runway to take readings and measurements.
- We walk along the sand and up and down the corridors of the building, looking for the boy.
- Lately he'd taken to pacing relentlessly up and down the hallway in their tiny, one-bedroom flat.
- You only had to look at the coach skulking up and down the touchline throughout the second half to see that.
- Enzo and Cristina slipped into their own world as they strolled up and down the dock.
- After a bunch of races, most of them won by Marin teams, it seems, there is a bit of a lull around here, so I walk up and down the row of club tents.
- One is the traditional pattern of planting in which the tractor-drawn seeder is driven back and forth along the field, up and down every row.
- The last ten minutes of the opening half were certainly played at a frantic pace with the ball up and down the field.
- Dyer, with his electric pace, scurried up and down the right flank, often dragging three players in his wake.
3In various places throughout. 到处，处处 in clubs up and down the country 在全国各地俱乐部。 Example sentencesExamples - We have guys who come along to watch youth games and pay money to travel up and down Scotland to see matches.
- Personally I follow my home county up and down the country throughout the year, as well as being an active member of my local club.
- Losing weight is one of the traditional New Year resolutions - health clubs up and down Britain will be rubbing their hands with glee as they wait for the usual January rush.
- The band made their debut at the East Coast Blues and Roots Festival and have been booked at clubs up and down the coast ever since.
- Catch DJ Lubi at Mas Fuego, Salsoul and various clubs up and down the UK.
- So rang the familiar exchange which will no doubt be ringing through many homes up and down the land again this Christmas.
- Something unusual is happening in the pubs and clubs up and down the land.
- A former schoolteacher, she shadowed us throughout a two-day stint up and down and across Yellowstone National Park.
- First there were the revelations that the council's pension fund was massively in the red, along with those of councils and businesses up and down the country.
- We hope this will provide debate in the workplace, football grounds, pubs and clubs up and down the country.
4In varying states or moods; changeable. 〈非正式〉（情绪，状态）多变的 my relationship with her was up and down 我和她的关系变化不定。 Example sentencesExamples - What I listen to depends on my mood, which anyone who knows me will say is very up and down.
- But he admits his two months with the club have been up and down - particularly at home.
- My relationship has been up and down, but for the most part it's been good.
- Sometimes I can be up and down in cycles throughout the same day.
- My mood was incredibly up and down over the two days and his was too.
- Tree were a side inspired after winning five of their first six games but a defeat on June 4 started the slide and the club have been up and down ever since.
- The outspoken guitarist claims his wild sibling suffers from terrible mood swings and is constantly up and down about everything in his life.
- He has been up and down throughout the summer.
- Plus he's so unpredictable-his moods are up and down.
- I'm still feeling a bit up and down, generally up though so don't worry.
Synonyms variable, inconstant, varying, changing, shifting, fluctuating, irregular, erratic, wavering, vacillating, inconsistent, fluid, floating, unsteady, unfixed, uneven, unstable, unsettled, turbulent, movable, mutable, chameleon-like
(especially of a computer system) in operation; functioning. （尤指计算机系统）运行中 the new computer is up and running 新电脑在运行。 Example sentencesExamples - This project may be up and running in the next month or so on a pilot basis to see what demand there is.
- She said their computers were down and that they would be up and running at the earliest by noon.
- See my previous post for more info on how to keep your computers up and running.
- She is in the process of applying for cash from the Lottery Fund and hopes to see the service up and running within a year.
- It is hoped the unit will be operating by December and a second one will be up and running in Leeds next year.
- Planning permission has already been granted and it is hoped the centre will be up and running by Easter.
- His website is still up and running, but his telephone number is unobtainable.
- Mrs Garritt said she hoped the library would be up and running by this June after water damage to the ceiling.
- This scheme has been up and running for over two weeks now and is going very well.
- That is exactly what the industry is doing, with nearly a dozen online services now up and running.
Synonyms functioning, working, running, up and running, operative, in use, in action, going
Appearing for a hearing in the presence of. 出庭面对 we'll have to come up before a magistrate 我们将不得不出庭面对治安法官。 Example sentencesExamples - In London, he was hauled up before a series of high-ranking intelligence officers.
- If you step over the line and steal you may well find yourself arrested and up before the magistrates.
- If you were brought up before the headmaster he would poke you in the chest and you fell back.
- They get hauled up before the courts on the weight of complaints made by their parents.
- They are wrecked on the Isle of Dogs, and brought up before Golding, the deputy alderman.
- Are not-so-fat people to be so demonised as to be hauled up before a jury of their peers?
- This is the third time he has been up before a judge in less than two years.
- Eight days later she was up before the same court to admit committing two further thefts.
the house next door is up for sale 隔壁房子正待出售。 Example sentencesExamples - The kennels were spacious and secure, with coloured tags differentiating the animals who were boarding and those up for adoption.
- The works initially appeared at a SoHo gallery in New York in October, but were not put up for sale.
- The figurine is due to go up for sale at the Woolley & Wallis auction rooms on May 24.
- But when an entire collection came up for sale at a downtown coin shop, I couldn't resist.
- A budding entrepreneur from Iowa swiped the singer's discarded water bottle at a recent concert then put it up for sale.
- So he put the company up for sale, hoping that a buyer would groom his successors better than he could.
- What that means, Martin, is that a lot is up for grabs.
- The company expects to be up for auction in mid-March of this year.
- The house on the other side of them is up for sale.
- Mr Watkins put one million of his United shares up for sale last April.
2Being considered for. 被考虑 he had been up for promotion 他起床几个小时了。 Example sentencesExamples - Anyone putting him/her self up for public office should be, like Caesar's wife, beyond reproach.
- She was up for promotion, and this would have been her last normal assignment.
- She was in the middle of a major campaign and she was also up for a promotion.
- All 60 councillors are up for election.
his contract is up for renewal in June 他的合同将在六月到期续签。 Example sentencesExamples - But now the contract to run them is up for renewal.
- The lease on the auxiliary coastguard station building, where they store their equipment, is up for renewal in May.
- The contract should have been up for tender, like any spending of taxpayers' money.
- The surcharge will come into effect immediately for new policies issued and for policies coming up for renewal.
- Instead those drivers and ones with other criminal records will be assessed when their licences come up for annual renewal.
- These matters are not for debate or up for discussion.
- But her career is up for one of those periodic reinventions, as what the New Statesman calls ‘a new generation of artists’ bring her work into a new context.
- But now the domain has come up for renewal, and I really don't have the time to maintain it.
- Of the eight full-time cable/satellite news channels, seven were up for license renewal.
- If you have a contract with the customer, you sweat bullets when it comes up for renewal.
Synonyms a candidate for, in the running for, on the shortlist for, shortlisted for, being considered for, under consideration for, next in succession for, likely to receive, up for, ready for
he led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off 他领着我到处走，直到我的腿都快断了。 Example sentencesExamples - After struggling 27 kilometres up hill and down dale today, the relief is so palpable that I can almost hear all my limbs sigh in unison.
- You can walk up hill and down dale all in the space of a few hundred metres.
- He said he was not looking for sympathy for Hart who, with his family, had been ‘harassed literally up hill and down dale by some of the media’.
- So they had to move the traffic this way and that, up hill and down dale, in order to carry on with their work and keep it ‘flowing’.
- ‘Back then we did what we can't do now, walking up hill and down dale,’ said 76-year-old Ron.
- I've been contacting agencies and employers directly, etc and in the last month I've been up hill and down dale visiting these agencies and having interviews.
- Watching the truculent teens toil up hill and down dale with huge loads strapped to their backs may get repetitive, but then suffering is a key part of reality's sadomasochistic charm.
- But he took great pleasure in making me tramp all over the farm, up hill and down dale, and I was wearing a collar and tie.
- The contents could not be pumped up hill and down dale if the pipe were only half-full.
- The Hull University humanities students had enrolled in a Yorkshire Studies course and were beginning to take a scholarly journey up hill and down dale.
I could reach just up to his waist 我只能够到他的腰。 Example sentencesExamples - After a journey of about ten minutes we could see ahead of us about a dozen people standing up to their waists in water.
- I had boots that reached up to my knees.
- The snow reached up to about the middle of my shins, and it was not dry snow, it was the same wet snow that had been falling the previous day and night.
- The flood water reached up to the middle of the car wheels, seeping into our car floor and soaking the carpet in the car.
- The shutters were firmly closed, but, as in many old houses, they did not reach right up to the very top of the window.
- He walked across the frozen reservoir to retrieve his football but the ice gave way, plunging Luke into the water up to his waist.
- As he tried to walk across the mud he began to sink after just 15 metres and was quickly stuck up to his waist.
- 1.1Until.
up to now I hadn't had a relationship 至今我还没有与人有情人关系。 Example sentencesExamples - It traces the painter's adult life right up until his death in a car crash in 1956.
- The frustrating thing is, we were doing alright up until then and were making good use of our extra player.
- If we have survived up to now what is stopping us from surviving in the future?
- The autumn and winter months up until the middle of December are traditionally the best time for game.
- You are always trying to improve and it goes on right up to the day you stop playing.
- The events in that car make you readdress everything Ryan Phillipe's character has done up to that point.
- No one guessed this was possible, at least up until a month ago, but it's going to take place, like it or not.
- Sure, he thought he was Elvis, but he was a real trooper and was performing right up until the end.
- Even better than that of the Victorian painter Augustus Leopold Egg, which was my favourite name up to now.
- Thorne received his big break years ago, but up until now has traded on his youth.
Synonyms till, up to, up till, up until, as late as, up to the time of, up to the time that, until such time as, pending before, prior to, previous to, up to, up until, till, up till, earlier than, in advance of, ante-, pre-
2Indicating a maximum amount. 最多，多至 the process is expected to take up to two years 这一过程预计最多需要两年。 Example sentencesExamples - This is expected to reach up to 30 million kilowatts nationwide during peak times.
- She said the charity is hoping to secure up to 500,000 donor names on its Bone Marrow Register.
- After that the dealer earns his profit by adding on a margin of up to a maximum of 3 per cent.
- The Board have offered to make a contribution to our cost up to a maximum of £50,000.
- In order for a game to proceed, you need at least two people connected and up to a maximum of six.
- The Lion's Mane, Britain's largest jellyfish species, can reach up to two metres in diameter.
- Supporters will have to foot the bill themselves and this could reach up to €900.
- Fragrance on a label can indicate the presence of up to 4,000 separate ingredients.
- Corporations may deduct from income an amount up to the fair market value of the ecological gift.
- They cater for men and boys from the age of two upwards and have trousers and jeans up to a 62 in waist.
3with negative or in questionsAs good as; good enough for. 达到，及得上 I was not up to her standards 我还未达到她的标准。 Example sentencesExamples - Half of the missile and ammunition stocks is outmoded and not up to modern requirements.
- So I think that we have to say very clearly that how we started on this past week was not up to standard.
- It would easily be up to the standard of our National One matches.
- I think I do have a chance of a medal, if my boxing is up to standard.
- I didn't have to worry whether water taxis, hotels and restaurants were up to his exacting standards.
- In the private sector, majority of the medical colleges are not up to the standard of the PMDC.
- He clearly was not up to standard and Lawrence took full advantage of this.
- If they aren't up to standard, however, it could be a different story.
- Luckily for us no one else seemed to be up to the standard either - apart from the hosts and presenters.
- He's good at speeches, and this one was up to his usual standard.
- 3.1Capable of or fit for.
胜任；适于 he is simply not up to the job 他根本不胜任这项工作。 Example sentencesExamples - This is a tall order, and the mild white flesh of the turkey, even at its best, simply isn't up to the job.
- Mentally I was not up to the challenge of traveling to Australia.
- Even for his supporters, it was a week that added to the doubts about whether he was still up to the job.
- Considering there is so much going on, one look at the village hall tells you it is not up to the job.
- She said she wasn't up to the job, and simply couldn't handle the media.
- He is very proud of a reform which will allow authorities ‘to sack teachers who are not up to the job’.
- However, resident Robert Dyson, who is leading a campaign to stop the floods happening again, does not believe the sewage system is up to the job.
- But from the opening ceremony, it was obvious that Atlanta's public transport was not up to the job.
- Everything checked out fine and both engines indicated that they were up to the task.
- I wasn't feeling up to going out, so I spent quite a bit of time listening to music.
Synonyms allowed to, free to, in a position to
4The duty, responsibility, or choice of (someone) （职责，责任，抉择）在于 it was up to them to gauge the problem 判断这问题是他们的责任。 Example sentencesExamples - No one is forcing them to make a difference here, it is really up to individual choice.
- But is it the government's duty, or is it up to individuals to take responsibility for their eating?
- These are schoolboy errors and it is up to the players to stop making them.
- In Civilization, for example, you set yourself goals, but the way you achieve them is up to you.
- What you want to do with your weekend is up to you.
- What you guys do with that information is up to you.
- The choice of grid is up to the artist, as is the color of each of the grid's cells.
- It is really up to the dealer to reach these new markets at the local level with a positive message.
- The amount is up to the university and could vary depending on subject.
- What has happened has happened and it is up to the guys to get this tour back on track.
5Occupied or busy with. 〈非正式〉忙于 他在忙什么？ Example sentencesExamples - I wonder what he's up to?
- How often I come here depends whether or not I'm in England, but I tend to pitch up like an auditor to see what they're up to.
- A real poker player would quickly realize what you were up to and stop falling for it.
Synonyms before, until, till, up to, previous to, earlier than, preceding, leading up to, in advance of, ahead of, ante-, pre-
informal In the brain (with reference to intelligence) 〈英，非正式〉头脑里（指智力） a man with nothing much up top 大脑空空的人。 Example sentencesExamples - To be a good tackler is about what is up top and you have to be prepared to get hurt.
- Peg, you've got enough up top for both of us.
An exclamation expressing support for a stated person or thing. 好！棒极了！ Example sentencesExamples - So say it: up with technology, up with gadgets.
- I don't see any handmade signs at shows that say ‘Up with diversity!’ but I think the cultural harmony is felt.
- Down with tragedy! Up with comedy!
vulgar slang An exclamation expressing contemptuous defiance or rejection of someone. 〈粗俚〉操你妈的！呸！
1informal What is going on? 发生了什么事？ Example sentencesExamples - ‘Heya,’ she said brightly as she sat down, ‘what's up?’
- Raine smiled his acknowledgement and Wes returned her greeting, ‘Hey Sally, what's up?’
- I have been talking to my crush online a lot lately, but I never knew what to say in person after the usual, ‘Hey, what's up?’
- I had overheard him greet a buddy who called him on the phone with ‘Yo man, what's up?‘
- She gave a huge smile and said, ‘Hey, what's up?’
- You can imagine the scenario, Trent's lying on the coach playing Gamecube, and Jeordie walks in the door, ‘Hey man, what's up?’
- To my surprise he acknowledges me and says back, ‘Hey, what's up?’
- As I opened the door to Carolyn's room I smelled the scent of her favorite perfume in the air, and half expected her to appear with a ‘Hey Mom, what's up?’
- He glanced over his shoulder as Harry stepped into the kitchen, ‘Oh hey, what's up?’
- Up ahead, I saw Dean's friends come up beside him, saying, ‘Yo, Dean, what's up?’
2informal What is the matter? 怎么了 你怎么了？ Example sentencesExamples - So, Conrad followed us to an area where no one could over hear what we were saying and looked at us, ‘So, what's up?’
- Gwen realized Maria hadn't been talking much and asked her, ‘So, Maria, what's up?’
- How to respond to the comment ‘you look great - what's up?’
- His face was red and a witness asked him: ‘Mr Scherwitz, what's up?’
- What's up with the world?
- ‘Hey’ he said softly, then seeing my expression of worry. ‘what's up?’
- You're certainly handing out the compliments tonight, what's up?
- I'm too big of a Velvets fan to just go into an interview and say, ‘Hey, your last record's no good, what's up?’
- What's up with you, that you're looking so miserable?
- You've been unusually touchy today, what's up?
- Cook answered and then thinking to himself, ‘Hmmm wonder what's up?’
informal Ready to take part in a particular activity. 〈非正式〉准备参加 Nick wasn't really up for it Example sentencesExamples - You could see quite a few westerners - out looking for bars, jumping in and out of taxis, up for it on a Friday night.
- They're always really up for it in Scotland, but take that into a festival environment and there's even more abandon!
- There's no respite and you have to be up for it all the time.
- I think he is totally up for it and wants to change things.
- ‘I have spoken to the kids in the area and their parents and they are right up for it,’ he said.
- I am all up for it, just I don't believe other blokes would be with me.
- It's one of those places you go and you know that the people come out and they're up for it, they're very enthusiastic and have a great love of music.
- Sally's up for this mainly so that she can wear her short little ice-skating skirt.
- At 46 he was the oldest contestant but certainly proved he was up for it during the four episodes.
- And if any of you are serious about getting a flat I am up for it!
Synonyms ready, prepared, on the point of, set, all set, in a fit state, primed, disposed, likely, about
OriginOld English up(p), uppe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch op and German auf. abbreviation 1US Upper Peninsula (of the state of Michigan) her in-laws initiated her into all the charming ways of the UP
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