go/drive/walk uptown
表示朝城镇上区移动
They decided to walk uptown to the museum.
他们决定步行去城镇上区的博物馆。
朝城镇上部
朝城镇上部
toward or in the upper part of town
Let's take the subway uptown to visit the museum.
我们坐地铁去城镇北部参观博物馆吧。
用法提示:这里 uptown 作副词,表示前往城镇北部的方向。
She lives uptown, so she usually walks to work.
她住在城镇北部,所以通常步行上班。
用法提示:这里 uptown 作副词,表示在城镇北部的位置。
We drove uptown for dinner at a new restaurant.
我们开车去城镇北部的一家新餐厅吃晚饭。
用法提示:这里 uptown 作副词,表示向城镇北部的方向。
表示朝城镇上区移动
They decided to walk uptown to the museum.
他们决定步行去城镇上区的博物馆。
表示位于城镇上区
She lives uptown near the park.
她住在城镇上区公园附近。
表示起点或来源
He commutes from uptown every day.
他每天从城镇上区通勤过来。
grammar · medium
易错句子I'm going to uptown.
正确表达I'm going uptown.
“uptown”作为副词表示方向时,前面不需要介词“to”。改正后直接使用副词修饰动词。
grammar · medium
易错句子She lives in the uptown.
正确表达She lives uptown.
“uptown”作为副词,直接修饰动词“lives”,表示地点方向,无需冠词和介词。
uptown 指城镇的上区(通常住宅区或郊区方向),downtown 指下区(商业中心)
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