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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。
向更高水平（或地位）
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
向更高水平（或地位）
Toward a higher level, position, or status.
She is upwardly mobile.
她社会地位向上流动。
常与 mobile 连用，如 upwardly mobile，表示向社会上层流动。
向上地
In an upward manner.
向着更高的水平、职位或地位
Towards a higher level, position or status.
The hot-air balloon floated upwardly, letting us see the whole valley.
热气球向上漂浮，让我们看到了整个山谷。
After years of night school, her career moved upwardly from assistant to manager.
经过多年的夜校学习，她的事业从助理向上发展，成为经理。
The committee adjusted the budget estimate upwardly after the new costs appeared.
在新成本出现后，委员会上调了预算估算。
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。
修饰动词时，表示方向向上。
The balloon drifted upwardly.
气球向上飘去。
Not this
The company has shown an upwardly trend in sales.
Use this
The company has shown an upward trend in sales.
“upwardly”是副词，不能修饰名词“trend”，应改用形容词“upward”修饰名词。
Not this
The stock price is upwardly this quarter.
Use this
The stock price is upward this quarter.
系动词“is”后应接形容词作表语，而非副词“upwardly”，应改用形容词“upward”。
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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。
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。
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。
向上弯曲的
The bird has an upwardly curved beak.
这种鸟有一个向上弯曲的喙。
有向上偏差的；偏高的
The survey results are upwardly biased because only happy customers responded.
调查结果有向上偏差，因为只有满意的顾客做出了回应。
向上流动的；趋于提高社会地位的
The new policies are meant to help upwardly mobile families buy their first homes.
这些新政策旨在帮助社会地位上升的家庭购买第一套住房。
Use upwardly naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
副词，表示向上地，常用于动词前或系动词后。
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