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PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES 介词、副词和形容词用法

Up is often used with verbs of movement such as ‘jump’ and ‘pull’, and also in phrasal verbs such as ‘give up’ and ‘wash up’.
常与 jump, pull等表示动作的动词连用，亦用于 give up，wash up等短语动词中。

The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ˌʌp/. 介词读作/ʌp/。副词和形容词在句中作次重读。


1. PREP 向上；朝上；往上
   If a person or thing goes up something such as a slope, ladder, or chimney, they move away from the ground or to a higher position.
   1. They were climbing up a narrow mountain road...
      他们正沿一条狭窄的山路向上爬。
   2. I ran up the stairs and saw Alison lying at the top...
      我跑上楼梯，见艾莉森躺在那里。
   3. The heat disappears straight up the chimney.
      热气从烟囱冒出后马上就消散掉了
   4. Up is also an adverb.
      
   5. Finally, after an hour, I went up to Jeremy's room...
      一个小时后，我终于去了杰里米的房间。
   6. Intense balls of flame rose up into the sky...
      炽热的火球冲上天空。
   7. He put his hand up.
      他举起手来。
2. PREP 近顶端；靠顶端
   If a person or thing is up something such as a ladder or a mountain, they are near the top of it.
   1. He was up a ladder sawing off the tops of his apple trees...
      他正站在梯子顶上锯他那颗苹果树的树冠。
   2. The Newton Hotel is halfway up a steep hill.
      丽东酒店位于陡峭的半山腰上。
   3. Up is also an adverb.
      
   4. ...a research station perched 4000 metres up on the lip of the crater.
      坐落在海拔4,000米的火山口附近的一个研究站
3. ADV （目光）朝上，向上
   You use up to indicate that you are looking or facing in a direction that is away from the ground or towards a higher level.
   1. Paul answered, without looking up...
      保罗头也没抬地答了话。
   2. Keep your head up, and look around you from time to time.
      要抬起头，不时看看四周。
4. ADV （站）起
   If someone stands up, they move so that they are standing.
   1. He stood up and went to the window...
      他起身走向窗户。
   2. He got up and went out into the foyer.
      他起身出去走进了大堂。
5. PREP 沿着；靠着
   If you go or look up something such as a road or river, you go or look along it. If you are up a road or river, you are somewhere along it.
   1. A line of tanks came up the road from the city...
      一排坦克由市里沿路开来。
   2. We leaned on the wooden rail of the bridge and looked up the river...
      我们靠在桥的木栏杆上，朝河望去。
   3. He had a relation who lived up the road.
      他有个亲戚住在这条马路上。
6. ADV 向(或在)某地;(尤指)向(或在)北方，向(或在)地势更高处;
   If you are travelling to a particular place, you can say that you are going up to that place, especially if you are going towards the north or to a higher level of land. If you are already in such a place, you can say that you are up there.
   1. I'll be up to see you tomorrow...
      我明天来看你。
   2. He was living up North...
      他当时住在北部。
   3. I live here now, but I've spent all my time up in Swaziland.
      我现在住在这里，但我几乎所有的时间都呆在斯威士兰。
7. ADV 往；朝
   If you go up to something or someone, you move to the place where they are and stop there.
   1. The girl ran the rest of the way across the street and up to the car...
      那个女孩开始跑起来，一路跑到街对面的汽车旁边。
   2. On the way out a boy of about ten came up on roller skates...
      出去时一个十来岁的男孩踩着溜冰鞋滑了过来。
   3. He brought me up to the bar and introduced me to Dave.
      他把我带到酒吧，介绍我给戴夫认识。
8. ADV 上涨；增多
   If an amount of something goes up, it increases. If an amount of something is up, it has increased and is at a higher level than it was.
   1. They recently put my rent up...
      他们最近提高了我的租金。
   2. Tourism is up, jobs are up, individual income is up...
      旅游火了，工作机会多了，个人收入涨了。
   3. Germany's rate has also risen sharply, up from 3 percent to 4.5 percent...
      德国的利率也在猛涨，由3％涨至4.5％。
   4. Over the decade, women in this category went up by 120%.
      过去10年，这类女性多了120％。
9. ADJ 起床的
   If you are up, you are not in bed.
   1. Are you sure you should be up?...
      你肯定你该起床了吗？
   2. These days all sorts of people were up at the crack of dawn...
      这些天所有人都一大早就起来。
   3. Soldiers are up at seven for three hours of exercises.
      士兵7点起来操练3个小时。
10. ADJ （时间）结束的，用完的，到点的
    If a period of time is up, it has come to an end.
    1. The moment the half-hour was up, Brooks rose...
       半个小时一到，布鲁克斯便起来了。
    2. When the six weeks were up, everybody was sad that she had to leave.
       6周过去了，大家都为她不得不离开而难过。
11. ADJ （道路）正在整修的
    You say that a road is up when it is being repaired and cannot be used.
    1. Half the road was up in Leadenhall Street, so their taxi was obliged to make a detour.
       半条利德霍尔街都在修路，他们的出租车只好绕道走。
12. （指棒球运动员）该上场击球的
    If a baseball player is up, it is their turn to bat.
13. （电脑）已启动的，正常运转的
    If a computer or computer system is up, it is working.
14. EXCLAM 去你的！去你妈的！
    People sometimes say 'Up yours!' as an insult when you have said something to annoy them or make them angry.
    1. 'Up yours,' said the reporter and stormed out into the street.
       “去你的，”记者边说边怒气冲冲地冲到大街上。
15. PHRASE 可以下床走动
    If someone who has been in bed for some time, for example because they have been ill, is up and about, they are now out of bed and living their normal life.
    1. How are you Lennox? Good to see you up and about.
       你怎么样，伦诺克斯？很高兴看到你能下床走动了。
16. PHRASE 不对劲；出问题
    If you say that something is up, you mean that something is wrong or that something worrying is happening.
    1. What is it then? Something's up, isn't it?...
       那是怎么回事呢？出问题了，是吗？
    2. Mr. Gordon stopped talking, and his friends knew something was up.
       戈登先生突然闭口不言，他的朋友们知道有哪儿不对劲了。
17. PHRASE 出什么事啦？出什么问题啦？出什么毛病啦？
    If you say to someone 'What's up?' or if you tell them what's up, you are asking them or telling them what is wrong or what is worrying them.
    1. 'What's up?', I said to him. — 'Nothing much,' he answered...
       “出什么事啦？”我对他说。——“没什么事，”他答道。
    2. Let's sit down and then you can say what's up.
       咱们先坐下来，然后你把事情告诉我。
18. PHRASE 上上下下；来来回回
    If you move up and down somewhere, you move there repeatedly in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
    1. He continued to jump up and down like a boy at a football match...
       他不停地上蹿下跳，活像个足球赛中的男孩。
    2. I strolled up and down thoughtfully before calling a taxi...
       我踱来踱去仔细思量后叫了一辆出租车。
    3. There's a lot of rushing up and down the gangways.
       舷梯上许多人上上下下。
19. PHRASE 兴衰；浮沉；起落；悲欢
    If you have ups and downs, you experience a mixture of good things and bad things.
    1. Every relationship has a lot of ups and downs...
       每一段感情都有许多起伏。
    2. The organisation has had its ups and downs.
       该机构经历过兴衰沉浮。
    3. ...the ups and downs of parenthood.
       为人父母的快乐与烦恼
20. PHRASE 欣欣向荣；兴旺；红火
    If something is on the up or on the up and up, it is becoming more successful.
    1. They're saying that the economy is on the up...
       他们称经济正在企稳向好。
    2. It was a great year for music, people had money, opportunities, hope—things were on the up and up.
       对音乐而言，那是一个大好年头，人们有钱，有机会，有希望——一派欣欣向荣的景象。
21. PHRASE 安分守己；诚实可靠
    If someone is on the up and up, they are honest and sincere.
    1. I'm a pretty good judge of men. If you're honest and on the up and up, I'll be able to tell it.
       我看人很准的。你要是诚实正派，我能看出来的。
22. up in arms → see: arm

USED IN COMBINATION AS A PREPOSITION 作为介词用于词组中

1. PREP-PHRASE 胜任；有能力
   If you feel up to doing something, you are well enough to do it.
   1. Those patients who were up to it could move to the adjacent pool...
      身体状况允许的病人可去隔壁的游泳池。
   2. He wasn't at all sure Sarah was up to that...
      他一点都拿不准萨拉能否胜任。
   3. His fellow-directors were not up to running the business without him.
      他的董事同僚没有他管理不好这家企业。
2. PREP-PHRASE 搞小动作;做手脚
   To be up to something means to be secretly doing something that you should not be doing.
   1. Why did you need a room unless you were up to something?...
      除非你要搞什么小动作，不然你为什么单要一间房？
   2. They must have known what their father was up to...
      他们一定已经知道了父亲要搞什么。
   3. Look at what they are getting up to.
      瞧他们要搞什么名堂。
3. PREP-PHRASE 由…负责
   If you say that it is up to someone to do something, you mean that it is their responsibility to do it.
   1. It was up to him to make it right, no matter how long it took...
      由他负责把事情摆平，不管花多长时间。
   2. I'm sure I'd have spotted him if it had been up to me...
      我相信要是换成我，我一定能找到他。
   3. The choice was up to Paula.
      由葆拉来选择。
4. PREP-PHRASE 直至；直到
   Up until or up to are used to indicate the latest time at which something can happen, or the end of the period of time that you are referring to.
   1. Please feel free to call me any time up until half past nine at night...
      晚上9点半之前任何时间你都可以给我打电话。
   2. Up to 1989, the growth of per capita income averaged 1 per cent per year.
      一直到1989年，人均收入每年平均增长1％。
5. PREP-PHRASE 高达；多达
   You use up to to say how large something can be or what level it has reached.
   1. Up to twenty thousand students paid between five and six thousand dollars...
      多达20,000名学生支付了5,000到6,000美元。
   2. It could be up to two years before the process is complete.
      这一过程可能要两年时间才能完成。
6. PHRASE 马马虎虎；不怎么样
   If you say that something is not up to much, you mean that it is of poor quality.
   1. My own souffles aren't up to much...
      我做的蛋奶酥拿不出手。
   2. This business isn't up to much.
      这企业不怎么样。
7. PREP-PHRASE 在被考虑之列
   If someone or something is up for election, review, or discussion, they are about to be considered.
   1. A third of the Senate and the entire House are up for re-election.
      参议院三分之一的席位和众议院所有席位都面临改选。
8. PREP-PHRASE 遭遇，面临（困难或问题）
   If you are up against something, you have a very difficult situation or problem to deal with.
   1. The chairwoman is up against the greatest challenge to her position...
      女主席正面临职位上的最大挑战。
   2. They were up against a good team but did very well.
      他们虽然遇到劲旅，但却表现出色。
9. up to your ears → see: ear

VERB USES 动词用法

1. VERB 提高；提升；增加
   If you up something such as the amount of money you are offering for something, you increase it.
   1. He upped his offer for the company...
      他提高了给该公司的报价。
   2. Chemist stores upped sales by 63 percent...
      药店销量增加了63％。
   3. We are talking about upping everybody's pay.
      我们在谈提高大伙工资的问题。
2. VERB （常指突然）离开，走开
   If you up and leave a place, you go away from it, often suddenly or unexpectedly.
   1. A man who for months had been dropping amorous hints about a long-term relationship upped and disappeared to America...
      几个月来不断暗示爱意、想发展长期恋爱关系的男人却突然远走美国。
   2. One day he just upped and left.
      有一天他突然就离开了。

1. We are talking about upping everybody's pay.
   我们在谈提高大伙工资的问题。
2. • in a blog post, Android creator Andy Rubin addresses recent reports that his operating system is supposedly becoming less open and the team is upping requirements and restrictions with hardware manufacturers.
   •最近有报道指出，Android系统可能会变得更加封闭，其团队正对硬件制造商提高要求和限制。
3. Then, this year, a bidder also wishing to be anonymous won by upping that bid by$ 100, to$ 2,626,411.
   今年，一位竞拍者又把中标价拉高了100美元，达到2626411美元，他同样要求匿名。
4. Groups representing contractors have responded by upping their use of third-party monitors on company training facilities, though companies are still allowed to certify their own employees.
   作为回应，承包商代表加大了对公司培训设施的第三方监督，但是他们仍旧有权给自己的员工授予培训上岗证书。
5. Designers are upping the ante, making pieces so special they can't be copied.
   设计师们正付出更多的心力，设计出独特、不可模仿的衣服。
6. Any kind of physical deed that will get your heart rate up will do a great deal of good when it comes to upping the quality of your sleep.
   如果要提高你的睡眠质量，任何一种增加心脏跳动频率的身体运动都会起到很大作用。
7. Students who are good at these skills might be more likely to engage in recreational or organized sports, upping their fitness levels.
   擅长这方面技巧的学生参与消遣或正规体育运动的可能性更大，这也提升了他们的体质。
8. The New York University professor, who predicted the housing bust and financial crisis, has been upping his economic outlook recently.
   这位纽约大学（theNewYorkUniversity）的教授曾预言房地产泡沫破裂和金融危机，近期他表达了积极的经济前景预期。
9. Its bet on the fast-growing niche of live game streaming comes as Amazon is upping its investment in online original video content to compete with the likes of Netflix and Hulu.
   游戏实况直播是一个小众市场，但增长迅速。亚马逊进军这一市场的同时，正打算加大对在线原创视频内容的投资力度，以便和Netflix和Hulu等网站竞争。
10. But the companies must believe they are getting a good deal; otherwise they wouldn't keep doing it, and indeed upping the ante.
    但必须让各公司相信它们在做一笔划算的交易；否则它们就不会继续赞助，这在实际上抬高了赞助金额。
11. We won't be able to make a profit on the deal without upping the sale price.
    这笔买卖不提高销价格我们就不能赚到钱。
12. When the benefits is on show upping, originally and very fine thing, Make the totally embarassed.
    当利益一登场，就把原本很美好的东西，弄得灰头土脸的。
13. The growth of travel across Asia and the projected upping of Chinese companies 'environmental standards are likely to be themes investors will benefit from over the longer term.
    亚洲旅游业的增长，以及市场预计中国企业环保标准将提高，可能成为投资者将长期受益的投资主题。
14. Countries around the world are upping their game and giving their workers and companies every advantage possible.
    世界各国正在积极参与竞争并为他们的劳动者和企业提供各种各样可能的优惠条件。
15. People are learning new skills because the companies that may employ them are also upping their game.
    人们正在学习新技能，因为可能雇用他们的企业也在提升自己的能力。
16. Drastically reduce consumption of slow-to-break-down foods like red meat and dairy products while upping your intake of high-fiber grains and leafy dark-green vegetables.
    大幅度减少分解缓慢的食物的摄入，例如红肉和奶制品，同时增加高纤维谷物和绿叶蔬菜的摄入量。
17. The worlds of fashion and art have long overlapped: leading designers keep upping their art holdings while collectors don Fendi and Armani togs.
    时装与艺术的世界一直是重叠交错的：知名设计师不断增加自己的艺术品收藏，而收藏家们则穿着芬迪（fendi）和阿玛尼（armani）的服装。
18. There's no upping on the last round since then.
    自从那时候开始就不能这样了。
19. She's lived there all her life and cats hate upping sticks.
    她已经在这里住了一辈子，猫都不喜欢迁徙。
20. At the FCC lunch, a Singaporean diplomat denied there was much truth to reports that expatriates were upping sticks from Hong Kong to breath more freely ( at least physically) in Singapore.
    在外国记者俱乐部举办的午宴上，一位新加波外交否认外国人正在把家搬到呼吸更自由（至少是对身体来说）的新加坡这样的消息真实成分很大。
21. Retailers, too, are upping the ante with lifestyle magazines, blogs and e-magazines featuring products alongside entertainment and celebrity features.
    零售商也更加重视旨在介绍产品和提供娱乐与名人资讯的生活时尚类杂志、博客及电子杂志。
22. Upping the ante, maybe.
    很可能是要更多的钱。
23. First, US men eager to build their businesses need to make a sharper impression and are upping their game.
    首先，渴望创业的的美国男性希望给人留下深刻印象，使自己表现得更出色。
24. As fashion brands take on luggage, so traditional luggage companies are upping their fashion content.
    随着时尚品牌做起了旅行袋，传统旅行袋公司也在提升它们的时尚内涵。
25. It's because of the different lead times. Designers are upping the ante, making pieces so special they can't be copied.
    这是因为从订货到交货的时间不同所致。设计师们正付出更多的心力，设计出独特、不可模仿的衣服。
26. Maybe we should think about upping our game here a little bit.
    或许我们应该考虑改进一下。
27. But that can be controlled by upping equity capital requirements, limiting leverage and forcing assets back on balance sheet.
    但这一点可以通过提高股本要求、限制杠杆率和将某些资产强制纳入资产负债表加以控制。
28. But miners are upping the ante.
    但矿商们正加大赌注。
29. German side on this item, always upping the ante, to the extent that China is also considering whether to adopt domestic maglev technology, Shanghai-Hangzhou Expressway Construction or use of wheel-track technology.
    德方在此项目上不断加码，以至于中国也考虑是否采用国产的磁悬浮技术，或者在沪杭高速路建设上采用轮轨技术。