Word · Frequency #24247
upwardly
向更高水平（或地位）
核心释义
常与 mobile 连用，如 upwardly mobile，表示向社会上层流动。
Toward a higher level, position, or status.
- 1.
向上地
In an upward manner.
- 2.
向着更高的水平、职位或地位
Towards a higher level, position or status.
向上地；朝上；向上地；向着更高的水平、职位或地位；在上面地
用法In use
The hot-air balloon floated upwardly, letting us see the whole valley.
用法提示：这里 upwardly 作副词，修饰动词 floated，表示动作方向朝上。
After years of night school, her career moved upwardly from assistant to manager.
用法提示：upwardly 作副词，修饰 moved，表示职业地位向更高处发展。
The committee adjusted the budget estimate upwardly after the new costs appeared.
用法提示：upwardly 作副词，修饰 adjusted，表示数额朝更高水平调整。
upwardly + adjective
常用于描述社会或经济地位的提升。
She is upwardly mobile.
她社会地位向上流动。
verb + upwardly
修饰动词时，表示方向向上。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- upwardly mobile
- 向上流动的；有社会上升势头的
- She comes from an upwardly mobile family that values education.她来自一个重视教育、有向上流动势头的家庭。
- upwardly sloping
- 向上倾斜的
- The upwardly sloping roof helps rainwater drain off.向上倾斜的屋顶有助于雨水流走。
- upwardly revised
- 向上修订的；上调的
- The government upwardly revised its economic growth forecast.政府上调了其经济增长预测。
- upwardly curved
- 向上弯曲的
- The bird has an upwardly curved beak.这种鸟有一个向上弯曲的喙。
- upwardly biased
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
up=上，ward=朝，ly=地；想象一个箭头朝上移动的画面，记住这个词是“向上地”的意思。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：职场与职业发展讨论、社会阶层与流动性分析、正式报告或评论 该词较正式，多用于书面语或正式评论中；固定搭配 upwardly mobile 比较常见，日常口语中较少单独使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
副词，表示向上地，常用于动词前或系动词后。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common exact rhymes for /ˈʌpwədlɪ/. The listed words share the spelling suffix '-wardly' or '-rdly' but have different stressed vowels, so they are not rhymes.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.