involved in 7£fl'If (tfj;
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IE
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unwitting cause of the argument.
unwittingly /An'witirjli/ adv.
without being aware of what you are doing or the situation that you are
involved in f$J|TtMM: Shehadbroken the law unwittingly, but still she had
broken it.
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-'woun-/ adj. (formal) not usual or expected 77-# W; ## W;
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PJ
ft: He spoke with unwonted enthusiasm, ftkijHASft# Hi A»4Mvil'0
un-work-able /An'w3:kabl; NAmE-'W3:rk-/
adj. not practical or possible to do successfully A W ft; *£ ill ^
fl67
7f73fift: an unworkable plan 7ij]%|$7ftit$J
0 The law as it stands is unworkable. MJfflAftlitjfA t2tB7|M767 033 WORKABLE
un world ly /An'W3:ldli; NAmE-'W3:rld-/ adj. 1 not interested
in money or the things that it buys 7H^$tft; ft fA A @ ft 2 lacking
experience of life A it It tk ft; A M ft E3771 naive f?TJ!3 worldly
3 having qualities that do not seem to belong to this world ^ ffl 1ft
ft; # ^ tft ft; ® TL ft: The landscape had a stark,
unworldly beauty.
un-wor-ried /An'WArid; NAmE
-'W3:r-/ adj. [not usually before noun] (formal) not worried;
calm; relaxed iS#§; 7#; She appeared
unworried by criticism, iffe#
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un-worthy /An'w3:bi; NAmE
An'w3:r5i/ adj. (formal) 1 ~ (of sth) not having the necessary qualities to
deserve sth, especially respect 7{i0# ( ^16 ) ft; 7 IE ft: He considered
himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. §B7SE#S]ft^fi77'ftkft
Win worthy 2 ~ (of sb) not acceptable from
sb, especially sb who has an important job or high social position
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||\ft EEEJ unbefitting: Such opinions are
unworthy of educated people. MiR#7A^ii#6 ► un-worthi-ness noun [U]: feelings of
unworthiness §
un-wound pt, pp of unwind
un-wrap /An'raep/ verb (*pp-) [VN] to take off the
paper, etc. that covers of protects sth tTJF ( IftA
)
ftB^: Don’t unwrap
your present until your birthday. £ 0 0
M A A RltTA-o 023 wrap up
un-writ-ten /.An’ritn/ adj. 1 ~ law, rule, agreement, etc. a law, etc.
that everyone knows about and accepts even though it has not been made official
3£4$ffi67 A $£67 «ft ( ) : an
unwritten
understanding that nobody leaves
before
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unyield ing /An'jiildir)/ adj.
(formal) 1 if a person is unyielding, they are not easily
influenced and they are unlikely to change their mind Ma&67 ffl 7® ft; HI $ £0 EWTO inflexible
2 an
unyielding substance or object
does not bend or break when pressure is put on it 7^6667 MSft
unzip /.An'zip/ verb (-pp-) 1 [VN, V] if you unzip a piece of clothing, a
bag, etc., or if it unzips, you open it by undoing the zip that fastens it A A • • • ft A IUi; ••• 67I& PTJ3 zip up 2
[VN] (computing if) to return a file to its original size after it has
been compressed (= made
smaller) ( £# ) HJEfeti! EEEI decompress ED32 ZIP
lip Cn /ap/ adv., prep., adj., verb, noun ®adv. Hid'ft-J For the special uses
of up in phrasal verbs, look
at the entries for the verbs. For example break up is in the phrasal verb
section at break. * up AM if]
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ft Ik IE Ac iu break up A
0]^ break
ftMift n|$5K 1 towards or in
a higher position ft ( $A ) ©SHAK; ft±; A±M: He jumped up from his chair. O The sun was already up
(= had risen) when they set off.
IMlftSABtAPB
To'
O They live up in the mountains.
IMlAAlilK0 0
It didn’t take long to put the tent up.
^ilTo 0 7pinned the notice up on the wall,
lie|E M $P fT A i# ± 7 o
0 Lay the cards face up (= facing upwards) on the table. IE^KH$iEffilB±jfA^7±o 0 You
look nice with your hair up (= arranged on top of or at the back of your
head). #|E ft it till#F-#o o
Up you come! (= said when lifting
a child) !
2
to or at a higher level ft ( $A ) &jti A7; iJPA ;
ig iU : She turned the volume up.
JE A H HI A 7 <,
o Prices are still going up (= rising). tyjjjfti&fE 0
United were 3-1 up at half-time. , IfclAfcU 3:1
^
5fe o o The wind is getting up (=
blowing more strongly). M$fn$ir£&A7c o Sales
are well up on last year. 3 to the
place where sb/sth
is m ( ) 61)Aft; ft - ^ftkA: A car drove
up and he got in. — f&$£±7¥o 0 She
went straight up to the
door and knocked loudly. M@]|l A m niuA^ H o 4 to or at an important
place, especially a large city fij, IP, A ( A A AM
rU } : We’re going up
to
ft ( 4bA ) : They’ve
moved up north.
£7o
0 We
drove up to
They’ve had the road up (= with the surface
broken or removed) to lay some pipes. i&(\] 7 ffi A A W
0 How shall we divide up the work? ISOA^
A Big? 7 completely ; We ate all the food
up. ISOIE#^?fAA7o 0 The stream has dried up. /Kg
7?@ 7 0 8 so
as to be formed or brought together ( The
government agreed to set up a
committee of inquiry. 0
She gathered up her belongings.
9
so as to be finished or closed ( l^f^ ) , A03:
I have some paperwork to finish up. IS
.%p 0 Do your coat up;
it’s cold. lEAAJOjt, Ai!^7 0
10
(of a period of time — i&flflB])
finished; over
BBA: Time’s up. Stop writing and hand in
your papers, mmi, 7H#W7, JEM#£±3t7 11 out of bed A A A; : 7 stayed up late (= did not go to
bed until late) last
night. ISB^B&l&ATo
o
(BrE) He’s up and about again after his illness.
7
o 12 (informal)
used to say that sth is happening, especially sth unusual or unpleasant (
)
A: A, lE3l: 7 could tell something was up by the looks on their faces. AMlH'] 6$ S& & IS ^ it tti
ipTfo
<c> What’s up? (- What is the
matter?) ^ 'a
ft ^?
0
What’s up with him? He looks furious. A, 'A 7 ? Ilk # J t A M H
74|T^’o 0 7s anything up? You can tell me.
JfllSi^BE o nT3T3 In NAmE What’s up? can just mean ‘What’s
new?’ or ‘What’s happening?’ There may not be anything wrong. A It A M
in A , what’s up M what’s new $ what’s happening 6^J M W be up to sb to be sb’s duty or
responsibility; to be for sb to decide •
• • £tfj
IHJt
( ) ; A
••• It’s not up to you to tell me
how to do my job. 32^75!]^^ Q
Shall we eat out or stay in? It’s up to you.
i^A^S? E0 not be'up to much
(BrE) to be of poor quality; to not be very
good ® J1
7tS^f: His work isn’t up to
much. flfc6tJ?SJlf#[#7
.'(g 'a II o up against sth (informal)
facing problems or opposition ii fij |rJ
M ; if 3\ lx 5f|: Teachers are up against some major problems these
days.
A
• 0 She’s really up against it (~
in a
difficult situation). ifefii£P6A7®^o ,up and ‘down
1
moving upwards and downwards ; 1:7 :
The boat bobbed up and down on the water. /M» A A ft HI M o 2 in one direction and then in the
opposite direction Aft; A M: She was pacing up and down in front of
her desk. Ao 3 sometimes
good and sometimes bad ft
ft ft : My relationship with him was up and down. |lc?ltjlk6^A^^^^^!o
,up
and ‘running (of a system, for example a computer