UPS

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abbr.  （双重和三重）微处理器动力供给; 无人照管的动力源(Unattended Power Source); 按照…款规定(under Provisions of Section)

计算机

柯林斯词典

PREPOSITION, ADVERB, AND ADJECTIVE USES 介词、副词和形容词用法

Upis often used with verbs of movement such as ‘jump’ and ‘pull’, and also in phrasal verbs such as ‘give up’ and ‘wash up’.
常与 jump, pull等表示动作的动词连用，亦用于 give up，wash up等短语动词中。

The preposition is pronounced /ʌp/. The adverb and adjective are pronounced /ˌʌp/. 介词读作/ʌp/。副词和形容词在句中作次重读。


• PREP 向上；朝上；往上
  If a person or thing goesupsomething such as a slope, ladder, or chimney, they move away from the ground or to a higher position.
  1. They were climbing up a narrow mountain road...
     他们正沿一条狭窄的山路向上爬。
  2. I ran up the stairs and saw Alison lying at the top...
     我跑上楼梯，见艾莉森躺在那里。
  3. The heat disappears straight up the chimney.
     热气从烟囱冒出后马上就消散掉了
  4. Upis also an adverb.
     
  5. Finally, after an hour, I went up to Jeremy's room...
     一个小时后，我终于去了杰里米的房间。
  6. Intense balls of flame rose up into the sky...
     炽热的火球冲上天空。
  7. He put his hand up.
     他举起手来。
• PREP 近顶端；靠顶端
  If a person or thing isupsomething such as a ladder or a mountain, they are near the top of it.
  1. He was up a ladder sawing off the tops of his apple trees...
     他正站在梯子顶上锯他那颗苹果树的树冠。
  2. The Newton Hotel is halfway up a steep hill.
     丽东酒店位于陡峭的半山腰上。
  3. Upis also an adverb.
     
  4. ...a research station perched 4000 metres up on the lip of the crater.
     坐落在海拔4,000米的火山口附近的一个研究站
• ADV （目光）朝上，向上
  You useupto indicate that you are looking or facing in a direction that is away from the ground or towards a higher level.
  1. Paul answered, without looking up...
     保罗头也没抬地答了话。
  2. Keep your head up, and look around you from time to time.
     要抬起头，不时看看四周。
• ADV （站）起
  If someone standsup, they move so that they are standing.
  1. He stood up and went to the window...
     他起身走向窗户。
  2. He got up and went out into the foyer.
     他起身出去走进了大堂。
• PREP 沿着；靠着
  If you go or lookupsomething such as a road or river, you go or look along it. If you areupa road or river, you are somewhere along it.
  1. A line of tanks came up the road from the city...
     一排坦克由市里沿路开来。
  2. We leaned on the wooden rail of the bridge and looked up the river...
     我们靠在桥的木栏杆上，朝河望去。
  3. He had a relation who lived up the road.
     他有个亲戚住在这条马路上。
• ADV 向(或在)某地;(尤指)向(或在)北方，向(或在)地势更高处;
  If you are travelling to a particular place, you can say that you are goingupto that place, especially if you are going towards the north or to a higher level of land. If you are already in such a place, you can say that you areupthere.
  1. I'll be up to see you tomorrow...
     我明天来看你。
  2. He was living up North...
     他当时住在北部。
  3. I live here now, but I've spent all my time up in Swaziland.
     我现在住在这里，但我几乎所有的时间都呆在斯威士兰。
• ADV 往；朝
  If you goupto something or someone, you move to the place where they are and stop there.
  1. The girl ran the rest of the way across the street and up to the car...
     那个女孩开始跑起来，一路跑到街对面的汽车旁边。
  2. On the way out a boy of about ten came up on roller skates...
     出去时一个十来岁的男孩踩着溜冰鞋滑了过来。
  3. He brought me up to the bar and introduced me to Dave.
     他把我带到酒吧，介绍我给戴夫认识。
• ADV 上涨；增多
  If an amount of something goesup, it increases. If an amount of something isup, it has increased and is at a higher level than it was.
  1. They recently put my rent up...
     他们最近提高了我的租金。
  2. Tourism is up, jobs are up, individual income is up...
     旅游火了，工作机会多了，个人收入涨了。
  3. Germany's rate has also risen sharply, up from 3 percent to 4.5 percent...
     德国的利率也在猛涨，由3％涨至4.5％。
  4. Over the decade, women in this category went up by 120%.
     过去10年，这类女性多了120％。
• ADJ 起床的
  If you areup, you are not in bed.
  1. Are you sure you should be up?...
     你肯定你该起床了吗？
  2. These days all sorts of people were up at the crack of dawn...
     这些天所有人都一大早就起来。
  3. Soldiers are up at seven for three hours of exercises.
     士兵7点起来操练3个小时。
• ADJ （时间）结束的，用完的，到点的
  If a period of time isup, it has come to an end.
  1. The moment the half-hour was up, Brooks rose...
     半个小时一到，布鲁克斯便起来了。
  2. When the six weeks were up, everybody was sad that she had to leave.
     6周过去了，大家都为她不得不离开而难过。
• ADJ （道路）正在整修的
  You say that a road isupwhen it is being repaired and cannot be used.
  1. Half the road was up in Leadenhall Street, so their taxi was obliged to make a detour.
     半条利德霍尔街都在修路，他们的出租车只好绕道走。
• （指棒球运动员）该上场击球的
  If a baseball player isup, it is their turn to bat.
• （电脑）已启动的，正常运转的
  If a computer or computer system isup, it is working.
• EXCLAM 去你的！去你妈的！
  People sometimes say 'Up yours!' as an insult when you have said something to annoy them or make them angry.
  1. 'Up yours,' said the reporter and stormed out into the street.
     “去你的，”记者边说边怒气冲冲地冲到大街上。
• PHRASE 可以下床走动
  If someone who has been in bed for some time, for example because they have been ill, isup and about, they are now out of bed and living their normal life.
  1. How are you Lennox? Good to see you up and about.
     你怎么样，伦诺克斯？很高兴看到你能下床走动了。
• PHRASE 不对劲；出问题
  If you say thatsomething is up, you mean that something is wrong or that something worrying is happening.
  1. What is it then? Something's up, isn't it?...
     那是怎么回事呢？出问题了，是吗？
  2. Mr. Gordon stopped talking, and his friends knew something was up.
     戈登先生突然闭口不言，他的朋友们知道有哪儿不对劲了。
• PHRASE 出什么事啦？出什么问题啦？出什么毛病啦？
  If you say to someone 'What's up?' or if you tell themwhat's up, you are asking them or telling them what is wrong or what is worrying them.
  1. 'What's up?', I said to him. — 'Nothing much,' he answered...
     “出什么事啦？”我对他说。——“没什么事，”他答道。
  2. Let's sit down and then you can say what's up.
     咱们先坐下来，然后你把事情告诉我。
• PHRASE 上上下下；来来回回
  If you moveup and downsomewhere, you move there repeatedly in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
  1. He continued to jump up and down like a boy at a football match...
     他不停地上蹿下跳，活像个足球赛中的男孩。
  2. I strolled up and down thoughtfully before calling a taxi...
     我踱来踱去仔细思量后叫了一辆出租车。
  3. There's a lot of rushing up and down the gangways.
     舷梯上许多人上上下下。
• PHRASE 兴衰；浮沉；起落；悲欢
  If you haveups and downs, you experience a mixture of good things and bad things.
  1. Every relationship has a lot of ups and downs...
     每一段感情都有许多起伏。
  2. The organisation has had its ups and downs.
     该机构经历过兴衰沉浮。
  3. ...the ups and downs of parenthood.
     为人父母的快乐与烦恼
• PHRASE 欣欣向荣；兴旺；红火
  If something ison the uporon the up and up, it is becoming more successful.
  1. They're saying that the economy is on the up...
     他们称经济正在企稳向好。
  2. It was a great year for music, people had money, opportunities, hope—things were on the up and up.
     对音乐而言，那是一个大好年头，人们有钱，有机会，有希望——一派欣欣向荣的景象。
• PHRASE 安分守己；诚实可靠
  If someone ison the up and up, they are honest and sincere.
  1. I'm a pretty good judge of men. If you're honest and on the up and up, I'll be able to tell it.
     我看人很准的。你要是诚实正派，我能看出来的。
• up in arms→ see:arm

USED IN COMBINATION AS A PREPOSITION 作为介词用于词组中

• PREP-PHRASE 胜任；有能力
  If you feelup todoing something, you are well enough to do it.
  1. Those patients who were up to it could move to the adjacent pool...
     身体状况允许的病人可去隔壁的游泳池。
  2. He wasn't at all sure Sarah was up to that...
     他一点都拿不准萨拉能否胜任。
  3. His fellow-directors were not up to running the business without him.
     他的董事同僚没有他管理不好这家企业。
• PREP-PHRASE 搞小动作;做手脚
  To beup tosomething means to be secretly doing something that you should not be doing.
  1. Why did you need a room unless you were up to something?...
     除非你要搞什么小动作，不然你为什么单要一间房？
  2. They must have known what their father was up to...
     他们一定已经知道了父亲要搞什么。
  3. Look at what they are getting up to.
     瞧他们要搞什么名堂。
• PREP-PHRASE 由…负责
  If you say that it isup tosomeone to do something, you mean that it is their responsibility to do it.
  1. It was up to him to make it right, no matter how long it took...
     由他负责把事情摆平，不管花多长时间。
  2. I'm sure I'd have spotted him if it had been up to me...
     我相信要是换成我，我一定能找到他。
  3. The choice was up to Paula.
     由葆拉来选择。
• PREP-PHRASE 直至；直到
  Up untilorup toare used to indicate the latest time at which something can happen, or the end of the period of time that you are referring to.
  1. Please feel free to call me any time up until half past nine at night...
     晚上9点半之前任何时间你都可以给我打电话。
  2. Up to 1989, the growth of per capita income averaged 1 per cent per year.
     一直到1989年，人均收入每年平均增长1％。
• PREP-PHRASE 高达；多达
  You useup toto say how large something can be or what level it has reached.
  1. Up to twenty thousand students paid between five and six thousand dollars...
     多达20,000名学生支付了5,000到6,000美元。
  2. It could be up to two years before the process is complete.
     这一过程可能要两年时间才能完成。
• PHRASE 马马虎虎；不怎么样
  If you say that something isnot up to much, you mean that it is of poor quality.
  1. My own souffles aren't up to much...
     我做的蛋奶酥拿不出手。
  2. This business isn't up to much.
     这企业不怎么样。
• PREP-PHRASE 在被考虑之列
  If someone or something isup forelection, review, or discussion, they are about to be considered.
  1. A third of the Senate and the entire House are up for re-election.
     参议院三分之一的席位和众议院所有席位都面临改选。
• PREP-PHRASE 遭遇，面临（困难或问题）
  If you areup againstsomething, you have a very difficult situation or problem to deal with.
  1. The chairwoman is up against the greatest challenge to her position...
     女主席正面临职位上的最大挑战。
  2. They were up against a good team but did very well.
     他们虽然遇到劲旅，但却表现出色。
• up toyourears→ see:ear

VERB USES 动词用法

• VERB 提高；提升；增加
  If youupsomething such as the amount of money you are offering for something, you increase it.
  1. He upped his offer for the company...
     他提高了给该公司的报价。
  2. Chemist stores upped sales by 63 percent...
     药店销量增加了63％。
  3. We are talking about upping everybody's pay.
     我们在谈提高大伙工资的问题。
• VERB （常指突然）离开，走开
  If youupand leave a place, you go away from it, often suddenly or unexpectedly.
  1. A man who for months had been dropping amorous hints about a long-term relationship upped and disappeared to America...
     几个月来不断暗示爱意、想发展长期恋爱关系的男人却突然远走美国。
  2. One day he just upped and left.
     有一天他突然就离开了。

双语例句

• Collect a multitude of power ups to help you on your way.
  收集了多种功率不间断电源，以帮助您对您的方式。
• Set of sample., we will send them to you by UPS or dhl, postage collected.
  我们将通过快递将产品目录和样品寄到您的手上，邮费到付。
• We have also been taking her to doggy-meet ups so she can play with other dogs.
  我们也曾带她到小狗的联合俱乐部。让她与其他狗玩耍！
• I guess that one may have witnessed the ups and downs of many dynasties.
  我想那棵松树一定目睹了许多王朝的盛衰起落。
• How can I integrate UPS OnLine Tools with my business processes?
  我怎样将UPS在线工具集成在我的业务流程中？
• UPS can further enhance the security of power supply equipment, ensuring safe and high-quality radio and television broadcasting.
  介绍了采用不间断电源UPS，进一步加强设备供电的安全，确保广播电视节目的安全优质播出。
• After you change your My UPS password, you can start using it right away.
  在更改了〃我的UPS〃密码后，可立即开始使用它。
• Cell phone use's ups and downs: good: communication between people became the things at any time.
  使用手机的好处与坏处：好处：人与人的沟通成了随时的事。
• In this paper, one practical method of UPS equipment ground wire is given through the theoretical calculation.
  从工程实际出发，通过理论计算，给出了UPS设备接地的一种实际方法。
• Embrace your life with all the ups and down.
  拥抱你生活中所有的起起落落。