downward
There's been an upward trend in sales in the last few years.
Inflation is likely to accelerate this year, adding further upward pressure on interest rates.今年通货膨胀可能会加剧，迫使利率持续走高。
Move the lever in an upward direction.
Mike found it difficult to swim in the strong upward current.
A sudden upward movement in property prices has made things increasingly difficult for first-time buyers.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Up and upward
ascent
climbing
erect
heavenward
perpendicular
skyward
unbowed
up
uphill
uplift
uplifted
upper
uppermost
uppish
uppishly
upright
upturned
upwards
vertical
vertically

upward | American Dictionary

upward
adverb[ not gradable ]
us/ˈʌp·wərd/(alsoupwards, us/ˈʌp·wərdz/)
from a lower to a higher position, level, or value:
Tachi glanced upward to the stars.
The stock market charged upward yesterday.

upward

adjective[ not gradable ]us/ˈʌp·wərd/
It was an upward climb to the campsite.

upward | Business English

upward
adjective
uk /ˈʌpwəd/us
moving towards a higher position, level, or value:
upward climb/momentum/movementLondon's shares maintained their upward momentum yesterday.
upward curve/trendThe market has been on a steady upward trend since the Fed stopped raising rates.
upward pressureThere are fears that further falls in the dollar will put more upward pressure on eurozone interest rates.
upward
adverb
USuk /ˈʌpwəd/us
→ upwards

Examples of upward

upward
Then the adjacent bubble surfaces would be circular arcs concave upward.
This succession could represent a fining-upward sequence due to subsidence of the shelf if preserved in the original stratigraphic order.
In the upper stripe, a cupola projects upward to the left while buildings and trees form a staggered boundary to the right.
In the upper stripe, acupolaprojects upward to the left while buildings and trees form a staggered boundary to the right.
His musical structures are often contrapuntal and baroque but his upward thrust is unwaveringly romantic and dominated by long vocal phrases.
Forward flow lines above the vortex were directed upward to attach on the superior vessel wall and then spiraled down over the vortex.
Specifically, latency of a discriminative response, like probability of generalization, falls off according to a decreasing, concave-upward function of distance between stimuli in representational space.
When the elbow is upward, the manipulability ellipsoids become very round.
Many theorists contend that ethnic groups are more likely to secede the more they are collectively denied upward mobility in the political centre.
In these plots increased stiffness is upward: the gradient is ascended in optimization.
A more complex network consisting of four levels of descending control and limited upward feedback.
Sequences produced by successive tokens are displayed in rows proceeding upward, with time running from left to right in each row.
For another, the notion of frustration here captures what appears as a contradictory movement: migrants desire, and expect, upward mobility when they move.
First, the trajectory of support becomes steadily positive or upward when its aggregate level increases on a continuing basis.
Tectonic unloading along the detachments induced upward flexure of the upper crust.
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