| 词汇 | example_english_upstairs |
| 释义 | Examples of upstairsThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Occasionally we are allowed to pass notes upstairs, more frequently we just respond to demands for more speed. To make answering the telephone easier, many had installed a telephone extension upstairs. Going upstairs is laborious; the stairs here we never noticed. A few children pointed directly overhead when asked where were rooms upstairs. Instead, they command me to follow them upstairs. I decided to stay upstairs for a while. The client wanted a bedroom upstairs; the planners wanted single storey - it's a very sensitive site - and a pitched roof. Interestingly, although the phrases up there and down there seem as easy and familiar, upstairs and downstairs were six times more frequent. Upstairs and downstairs are common labels for a subordinate spatial category, levels contained within the house, and also specify a route to those levels. At the least, upstairs and downstairs indicates the early entrainment of a directional spatial term with a route. Has a bathroom downstairs, but his bedroom and toilet are upstairs. The husbands worked upstairs in the shop the family owned. Upstairs where the machines are it is terribly hot. Also, it successfully performs climbing upstairs and shadowboxing. There is often a wooden platform between the stilts where food is prepared and where hammocks are slung, although people sleep mostly upstairs on mats. Politics set in a short time after dessert, when the ladies retired upstairs and talked about their complaints and their children. A second telephone placed upstairs avoids pressure to hurry down stairs to answer a call. The double beam carries a series of beams, which, in their turn, support the hall ceiling and upstairs landing. The council served notice, and the couple moved to a flat upstairs during the work. His colour, very, very breathless and then more fidgety than normal and then, from that, not even coming upstairs which isn't him. Upstairs the master bedroom and study are open to the roof with its exposed structure of oak purlins. Since the bathroom serves two bedrooms upstairs, and one study bedroom downstairs, this is logically located at the half-level. Upstairs we don't need all the posts, maybe a third are structural, so we take these away to create a more open atmosphere for working. When he got there, he was led upstairs, the decoration there was quite fine. All the focus group meetings were held in an upstairs meeting room of the health centre. However, it is not clear in these latter observations if deviations in pointing to upstairs rooms included points to routes to travel to those rooms. The predominant spatial location terms used to refer to rooms at an elevation were up and down or upstairs and downstairs. 111 such as walking forward and backward, turning around, climbing upstairs and downstairs, and jogging. He went back upstairs and someone called 911. The third man lived alone in a large flat, and the fourth lived with his son in a detached house : the son lived downstairs and the father upstairs. Another stray three steps in the upstairs hall possess visual assonance (and no logical correspondence) with the three steps in the dressing room. We go up there, upstairs, sometimes [and if there are] some clothes hanging on the wardrobe door, you know that somebody's going to come and dress her shortly. The upstairs room in each unit shares a common disposition of kitchen to the rear and living to the front. We have hung something into the framework of the structure, compartments upstairs for the people who work there, but not for the visitors at ground level. Upstairs the study and main bedroom face each other across the main hall. Upstairs there were three beds of hay. I can still hear, ringing in my ears, speeches made upstairs two years ago, reminiscent of a state of mind which existed 100 years ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was asked upstairs how much the operatives ought to get. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What a different atmosphere prevails to-day from that which we experienced upstairs on this very complicated problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that this amendment need take very long, as it was fully debated upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When he went upstairs to the bedroom, it was filled with smoke. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 About 20 years ago, when we had regional committees upstairs, the disadvantage was that they were opinion only. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The view from the upstairs rooms is in no way affected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am afraid that occasionally tempers upstairs did get a little frayed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The crime was committed upstairs and the body locked in the attic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We tried to do so upstairs in his presence, but we never got any statement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The elderly relative who lives upstairs will not be able to flush the toilet. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There probably would have been more debate if the regulations had been debated upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They explained that the child was getting older and that all three of them slept in the bedroom upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Statutory instruments flow in here quickly; we pass them upstairs in a moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have work which is just as important examining and probing some vital subject upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because of its length, size and complexity, it should have been dealt with upstairs or made a separate piece of legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I refuse to believe that morality and probity upstairs is higher than it is below stairs; in fact, it may not be as high. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We debated it upstairs for a considerable length of time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After some time, with the help of his wife, he pulled himself upstairs on his behind to have a bath. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our accommodation for visitors upstairs is extremely limited. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not wish to add much to what has been said except to agree with the basic change proposed, namely, to send it upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, these two problems will be solved, leaving only that unpleasant task, which might be solved as it was in another place upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He knows, from his recent experiences upstairs, that this is the great trouble in broken marriages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not going to be discussed either less or more by sending them upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have listened upstairs this week to the views of the members of the official delegation who are in this country on their mission. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I heard the same argument used upstairs about housing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Seeing the crowd the landlady rushed upstairs in terror and saw nothing of what happened afterwards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His idea of compromise was to give us none of the main improvements which we demanded upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot walk upstairs to bed in the proper manner, but have to go up sideways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If he does, he will not be recorded upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it is upstairs, it must get through its stage, however long it may take. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The question that goes with that is whether there has been obstruction upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The landlord told her that there was a vacant flat upstairs and asked her whether she would like to move up there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He does not believe in settling the major issues by open debate but by private debate upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The debate today has been typical of the contributions we made during our meetings upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Upstairs he goes, into a little room, three men meet him, and they decide his fate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All of these are matters which must be dealt with upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Broadly speaking, committee work upstairs divides itself into two separate categories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What about your enjoyment of me upstairs when you persecuted me in private meeting to do things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he quoting from the record of the proceedings upstairs? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If not, why did he not ask them about it, having already heard of the incident upstairs? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps there might be a better allocation between the debates that are held upstairs and those which are late at night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Upstairs they say you must deal with eviction first; and here they say you must deal with increases of rents first. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My object upstairs was to fight the capitalists in this concern in the interests of the sugar beet growers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The intention of all of us upstairs in discussing this matter was to get a safeguard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall seek to raise the threshold in debates upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The effectiveness of our work is thus far more clearly centred on the work that we do upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The occupant of the house was forcibly detained in an upstairs room for some three-and-a-half hours. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Well, if they did not get it upstairs, they got it down here afterwards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Having said that, we acknowledged, in the debates upstairs, that those were substantive changes in the whole of our system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We managed to fill a large committee room upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They came back again later, and this time frogmarched him backwards along the corridor and upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They decided to have another bite at the cherry upstairs but to let one of the new town amendments come down here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our discussion upstairs turned much more on the precise proportion which should be borne. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You have said that you know nothing about a meeting upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They would often find that that involved dashing around several platforms, through tunnels upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is the answer that his famous pact was working upstairs? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were meetings upstairs to discuss the problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was taken upstairs for a drink, after he had been shown round. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely there is enough meat here to have a sensible discussion upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that an opportunity will be given for serious discussion of these matters upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not forget that episode, and my child, who is now 21, never forgot that her birthday celebrations were held upstairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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