名 [语] （指上声） falling-rising tone；

[例句] 努力过，失败过，没关系，屡战屡败，屡败屡战，每一次失败都比上一次更好。 Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.

[例句] 他不喜欢在细节上被人抓住把柄。 He did not like to be caught out on details.

rise，go up，ascend；

[例句] 除股价上升之外还有无形利益。 There are intangible benefits beyond a rise in the share price.

[例句] 6月份的出口额上升了1.5%，创下309.1亿美元的历史最高纪录。 Exports in June rose 1.5% to a record $30.91 billion.

upward，up，make progress，ob-，up-and-up ；

[例句] 圣安德鲁斯在相反方向上10英里处。 St Andrews was ten miles in the opposite direction.

[例句] 克拉克不断把价格向上抬，而威尔金森则不断往下压。 Clarke kept talking the price up, while Wilkinson kept knocking it down.

at sea，on the sea，seaborne ；

[例句] 把她的人生比作一次海上航行不足以说明她丰富的经历。 The comparison of her life to a sea voyage simplifies her experience.

[例句] 一艘捕鱼船和一艘货船在波涛汹涌的海上相撞了。 A fishing vessel and a cargo ship collided in rough seas.

higher level，higher-ups，Good Middling，higher authorities，higher-up ；

[例句] 他们要求武装部队尊重上级，服从指挥。 They command the respect and obedience of the armed forces.

[例句] 在长辈和上级面前要老老实实地坐着。 Sit down and be quiet in front of your elders and betters.

[律] appeal (to a higher court)，lodge an appeal，institute an appeal，appeal to ；

on board [shipboard] ；

[例句] 这艘船上的船员现在都已精疲力竭，彻底丧失了信心。 The ship's crew were now exhausted and utterly demoralized.

[例句] 船上的工作人员除了面包什么也不给他们吃。 The crew of the ship gave them nothing but bread to eat.

wall ；

[例句] 灯光照在满是灰尘的墙上，反射回苍白的冷光。 Lights reflected off dust-covered walls creating a ghostly luminescence.

[例句] 墙上被人用喷漆涂得乱七八糟。 The walls have been horribly vandalized with spray paint.

epithele，epithelium，epithelio-，epithel-，epidermis ；

[例句] 上皮细胞的顶膜显然是必要的. The apical membrane of the epithelial cells is apparently essential.

[例句] 较小支气管的上皮破裂和部分脱落. The epithelium of the smaller bronchi was fragmented and partially desquamated.

context，[计] context ；

[例句] 上下文提供的理解其含义的线索 contextual clues to the meaning

[例句] 这个句子似乎与上下文脱节. This sentence does not seem to connect with the context.

（立刻） at once，immediately，straight away，right away，in a minute ；

[例句] 我们将去伯明翰参加会议，然后马上回来。 We'll go to a meeting in Birmingham and come straight back.

[例句] 我一找到他就马上汇报。 I'll report back the moment I have located him.

windward，advantage，superior position，upper hand ；

[例句] 眼下似乎是自由主义者占据了上风。 For the time being, the liberals seem to have carried the day.

[例句] 最终理智占了上风，他打消了那个念头。 Logic had prevailed and he had abandoned the idea.

rise，go up，advancing，jack-up，jump ；

[例句] 这部影片的票房收入开始的时候持续上涨，但是后来急剧下降。 The film opened to healthy box office receipts before rapidly falling off.

[例句] 他的工资将会上涨将近4,000英镑。 He will get a pay rise of nearly £4,000.

overtake，catch up with，keep pace with，emulate，catch ；

[例句] 我及时赶上了飞往伦敦的航班。 I arrived just in time for my flight to London.

[例句] 大多数身材发育迟缓者都会赶上他们的朋友。 Most late developers will catch up with their friends.

head waters，upstream，upper reaches，advanced position ；

[例句] 这些障碍物对于想要往上游游动的鱼儿来说是致命的。 The barriers are lethal to fish trying to swim upstream.

[例句] 他在那里有一栋房子，但在河上游几英里处。 He has a house down there but it's miles up river.

above，over，on top of，on the surface of，top ；

[例句] 他们还留下了一张名片，上面印着肖恩·林奇的名字。 They also left a card, imprinted with the name Sean Lynch.

[例句] 我们听到上面没完没了地讲要在员工中培养一种集体归属感。 We hear endless injunctions to build a sense of community among staff.

be [appear] on the market，be in season，list，be listed，come into the market ；

[例句] 一系列技术问题延误了新产品的上市。 A series of technical foul-ups delayed the launch of the new product.

[例句] 当初上市的时候，麦金塔电脑是所有台式电脑里最小的。 When launched, the Macintosh was the smallest desktop computer ever produced.

upslope，uphill，ascent，upgrade，uprise ；

[例句] 上坡行驶时必须换慢挡. You have to gear down when you drive uphill.

[例句] 我从自行车下来,开始推着上坡. I dismounted and began to push my bicycle up the hill.

[天] first quarter ，wind up a clock or watch，principal rafter ；

[例句] 她会给小提琴上弦. She can string a violin.

[例句] 该给表上弦了. It's time to wind your watch.

high and low，old and young，from top to bottom，up and down，fluctuate ；

[例句] 上个赛季意大利足球吸引了全国上下的注意。 Italian football captured the imagination of the nation last season.

[例句] 柯林小姐在来自米克·特里齐养马场的两匹马身上下了注，结果她赢了。 Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey's stable.