wfth the latest
cievdopments.我们保持掌握最新的发展情
况。◊ up-to-date
records 最新的记，录.She brought him up to date wft/i what had
happened.她让他知道最新的
情况。一see also out of
date up-to-the-'minute at//', {usually before
noun] 1 ha\ang or including
the most recent information 最新的；时新 的；即时的：up-to-the-mmute news 最新消息 2
modern; fashionable现代化的；时髦的；流行命：up-to-the- minute
designs 最 时髦的 设计 一 see
also up to the
MINUTE at MINUTE /?.
up-town /.Ap'taun/ adv., adj. {
uptrend /'Aptrend/ noun [sing.]
{
PTiHl DOWNTURN
up-turned /,Ap't3：nd; /V^wf ,Ap't3：rnd/ adj. [usually before noun] *1 pointing or
facing upwards 向上—的；面朝 Jh
的：cm upturned nose .(=
tAat curves upwards at the end)麵鼻:乎◊ S/祕’〖0減e.d.: down. at'
thr'sfidt qf upturned /aces.她俯视着一大片仰起的脸孔。2 turned upside down颠倒的；翻转的；倒着的：She sat on an upturned box.她坐在4个倒放的箱子上6 uPVC
/ju: ,pi: ,vi: 'si:/ noun [U] a strong plastic used to make window frames and pipes (the
abbreviation for ‘unplasticized polyvinyl chloride’)未增塑聚氯乙烯，低
塑性聚氯乙烯，未塑化聚氯乙烯 < 全写为unplasticized
polyvinyl chloride，用以制作窗框和管子的坚固塑料）
Up-Ward 0■«* /'Apwad; /V/4mf -ward/ adj. [only before noun]
1
pointing towards or facing a higher place 向上'的； 朝上:’的;.向高处的：an upward gaze举目凝望
2
increasing in amount or price (数量、价格）.上升的，
’■上，涨的'，增长的：cm upward movement fn property pricey、▲•地产也格的 f 升downward upwardly 'mobile adj. moving towards a higher social
position, usually in which you become richer 卑向上k社会的；走向富裕的；步步高升的：upvmrdZy mobfZe
immigrant groups步步高升的移民群体◊ _cm upvvardiy
mobile h/esfyie 日益阔绰的生活:方士 ► .upward mo'hility noun [u]
Up-wards /'Apwadz; NAmE -wardz/ {especially
Br£) (also up*ward especially in
1 towards a higher place or position 向上；：向高处：A 〇/steps ted upwards to the 介ont door. —段台阶往
上通向正fi。◊列ace your harnis on the tabZe with the pdms/acing
upwards.把手敗在桌予土 ,,手心朝上。 ERI3 downwards
2 towards
a higher amount or price (数量、价格）上升，:上涨，提高：Bad weather/orced the
price 〇/介ui’t upwards恶劣的天气迫使水果#格上
涨。◊ TTie budget /i〇5 been revised upwards...预算已昼上 谰。EES downwards
3 ~ of sth more than the amount
or number mentioned 在…以上；大于；超过：
You should
expect to pay upwards of £50 for a hotel rocrn^.住宿饭店，每个房间预计至少要50英镑。 up-wind /.Ap'wind/ adv. in the opposite
direction to the way in wliich the wind is blowing 逆风；顶风：to sail upwind 逆风行船◊ rhe house was
upwind 〇/ the/acto?y and its smells (- the wind did not
blow the smells
I 2223 urge
towards the house)•这房子坐落在工厂的上风处，闻不到
工厂1的气味。H33 downwind ► up wind adj.
早的；原始的
uran>iunn /ju'reiniam/ noun [U] {symb U) a chemical element.
Uranium is a heavy, silver-white, radioactive
metal，used mainly in producing nuclear energy.铀
(放射性化学元奉）二
Ura-nus /'juaranas; ju'remas; NAmE 'jur-; ju'r-/ noun the planet in the solar
system that
is 7th in order of distance from the sun 天王星 Urban ^ /'3：b0n; NAmE '3：rban/ adj. [usually before noun]
connected with a town or city城市的丨都市的；城镇
'.的：damage to both urban and rurd
environments:对城
乡环境的破环◊ urtfan areas城镇地.区◊ urban 〖i/e城条 生活◊ urban
deveiopment (= the process of building towns and cities or making them larger)城市发展
〇 urban renewal/regeneration (= the process of
improving the buildings, etc. in the poor parts of a town or city)城市环境竟新々 eJ5卩orts to control urban sprawl (= the spread of city
buildings into the country- side)^i!j城市扩展的努力;一 compare rural ur.barie /3:'bein; 3:r1>/ ad), (especially of a. man
尤指男手）good at knowing what
to say and .how to behave in social situations; appearing relaxed and confident温文儒雅的；练达的;A容不迫的►ur.bane.ly adv. ur-ban-ity/sr'baenati; NAmE 3：r'b-/ noun [\J] ur-ban-ite /'3：banait; NAmE '3：rb-/ noun a person who lives in
a town or city 城市居民 • urban-ized [BrE also -ised) /'3：b0naizd; NAmE '3：rb-/ 1 (of an area，a country, etc•地区、.自家等）having a lot o史 towns, streets, factories，etc. rather than countryside 城市.化的 2 (of people 人 ） living and working in
towns and cities rather than in the country 生洁于城市 的；在都T|1 工作的：cm increasingly urbanized society 城镇居良日益增如的社会► ur.ban.iza.tion，-isa.tion
7,3：b0nai'zeiJ'n; NAmE ,3：rban0'z-/ noun [U]
.urban 'myth (also .urban 'legend) noun a story about an amusing or strange event
that is supposed to have happened, which is often repeated and which many
people believe is true都市传奇T街谈巷议的传闻或逢
m)
urchin /'3：tjin; NAmE '3：rtjin/ noun 1 {old-fashioned) a yoling child who is
poor and dirty, often one who has no home 贫穷肮脏的儿童；流浪：a dirty little street urchm肮豳的街头小乞％ 2 = sea urchin Urdu /'U8du:; '3：du:;, NAmE 'urdu:; '3：rdu:/ noun [U] the official
language of Pakistan, also widely used in India ‘乌尔都语(巴基斯坦的官方语言，印度也通用>
-ure 51/开/> (in nouns 构成名.词）the action，.process’or result of .••的行动（或过程、错果等）：dosure关谢◊ /ai〖ure失败
urea /ju'riia/ noun [U] [technical ^：if) a clear substance containing nitrogen that is found especially in urine
尿素；脲
urethra /ju'ri:0ra/ noun (anatomy M) the tube that carries
liquid waste out of the body. In men and male animals sperm also flows along this
tube.尿道► urethral flflf_/V[orrly before noun]
ur-eth-ritis /juara'Graitis; NAmE jur-/ noun [U] {medical 医）infection of the
urethra 尿道炎
/3：d3； NAmE 3：rd3/ verb, noun 1 to advise or try hard to persuade
sb to do sth 敦 促；催促；力劝：[VN to infl. She urged him to stay.她■力 如他留下:。◊ [V that] rhe report urged that aH cMdren
be ta呀ht to su心n.这份报告呼吁给所有的儿童教授游泳。
[also V speech, VN speech] o note at recommend 2 [VN] 〜sth (on/upon sb) to recommend sth
strongly 大方推
荐；竭力主喪：The situation is dangerous, and
the UN is urging caution.局势岌岌可危，联合国力主谨慎行事。
3
[VN +adv./prep.] (formal) to make a person or
an animal move more quickly and/or in a particular direc- .tion，especially by pushing
or forcing them 驱赶； 鞭嫉:He urged his horse
/orward.他策马前行。
.urge
sb^'on to
encourage sb to do sth or