up CET4 TEM4

• 1. 

  PREP 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. 向上

  例：

  They were climbing up a narrow mountain road.

  他们正爬上一条狭窄的山路。

  例：

  I ran up the stairs and saw Alison lying at the top.

  我跑上楼梯，看见艾莉森躺在顶上。

• 2. 

  ADV Up is also an adverb. 向上地

  例：

  Finally, after an hour, I went up to Jeremy's room.

  一个小时后，我终于上楼去了杰里米的房间。

  例：

  Intense balls of flame rose up into the sky.

  炙热的火球冲上天空。

• 3. 

  PREP If a person or thing is up something such as a ladder or a mountain, they are near the top of it. 靠近…顶端

  例：

  He was up a ladder sawing off the tops of his apple trees.

  他在梯子上锯苹果树的树冠。

• 4. 

  ADV Up is also an adverb. 靠近顶端 [ADV after v]

  例：

  ...a research station perched 4,000 metres up on the lip of the crater.

  …位于海拔4000米，靠近火山口的一个研究站。

• 5. 

  ADV You use up to indicate that you are looking or facing in a direction that is away from the ground or toward a higher level. 朝上 [ADV after v]

  例：

  Keep your head up, and look around you from time to time.

  抬起头来,不时地环顾四周。

• 6. 

  ADV If someone stands up, they move so that they are standing. 起来 [ADV after v]

  例：

  He stood up and went to the window.

  他站了起来，走向窗户。

• 7. 

  PREP 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. 沿着 [v PREP n]

  例：

  A line of tanks came up the road from the city.

  一排坦克由市里沿路开过来了。

  例：

  We leaned on the wooden rail of the bridge and looked up the river.

  我们靠在桥的木栏杆上，沿河望去。

• 8. 

  ADV If you are travelling to a particular place, you can say that you are going up to that place, especially if you are going toward 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. 向上 (尤指向北方或向高处); 在 (北方或高处) [口语]

  例：

  I'll be up to see you tomorrow.

  我明天上来看你。

  例：

  He was living up North.

  他当时正住在北方。

• 9. 

  ADV If you go up to something or someone, you move to the place where they are and stop there. 往

  例：

  The girl ran the rest of the way across the street and up to the car.

  那个女孩穿过街道，跑完剩下的一段路，来到那辆车旁。

  例：

  On the way out a boy of about ten came up on roller skates.

  在出去的路上，一个大约十岁的男孩穿着旱冰鞋滑了过来。

• 10. 

  ADV 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. 增多; 上涨

  例：

  The total budget went up almost $300 million.

  总预算几乎增加了3亿美元。

  例：

  Tourism is up, jobs are up, individual income is up.

  旅游火了，职位多了，个人收入涨了。

• 11. 

  ADJ If you are up, you are not in bed. 起床的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  Are you sure you should be up?

  你肯定你该起床了吗?

  例：

  These days they were up at the crack of dawn.

  这些天他们在破晓时就起床。

• 12. 

  ADJ If a period of time is up, it has come to an end. (时间) 到点的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  The moment the half-hour was up, Brooks rose.

  半小时一到,布鲁克斯就起来了。

• 13. 

  ADJ If a computer or computer system is up, it is working. Compare down. (计算机或计算机系统) 工作的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  The new system is up and ready to run.

  新系统工作了，可以开始运行了。

• 14. 

  PHRASE If someone who has been in bed for some time, for example because they have been sick, is up and about, they are now out of bed and living their normal life. 已下床从事正常活动的

  例：

  How are you Lennox? Good to see you up and about.

  伦诺克斯你好吗? 真高兴看到你恢复正常活动了。

• 15. 

  PHRASE If you say that something is up, you mean that something is wrong or that something worrying is happening. 出问题 [非正式]

  例：

  What is it then? Something's up, isn't it?

  那么这是怎么回事？出问题了，是不是？

• 16. 

  PHRASE 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. 出了什么事？ [非正式]

  例：

  "What's up?" I said to him.—"Just tired," he answered.

  “出了什么事？”我对他说。— “只是累了，”他答道。

• 17. 

  PHRASE If you move up and down somewhere, you move there repeatedly in one direction and then in the opposite direction. 上下地; 来来回回

  例：

  I used to jump up and down to keep warm.

  我过去常常上下跳动来保暖。

  例：

  I strolled up and down thoughtfully before calling a taxi.

  叫出租车前,我若有所思地来回踱步。

• 18. 

  up in arms →see arm