Upriver means in the direction a river comes from — away from the sea, towards the source, against the flow. It works as an adverb ('we walked upriver'), as an adjective before a noun ('the upriver villages'), and sometimes loosely as a place ('he lives upriver'). Its opposite is downriver.

Upriver means in the direction a river comes fromupriver 指的是河流源頭的方向——away from the sea遠離大海, towards the source朝向源頭, against the flow逆著水流。It works as an adverb ('we walked upriver')它可以當副詞用（'we walked upriver' 我們往上游走）, as an adjective before a noun ('the upriver villages')也可以放在名詞前面當形容詞（'the upriver villages' 上游的村莊）, and sometimes loosely as a place ('he lives upriver')有時候還會鬆散地當地方用（'he lives upriver' 他住在上游）。Its opposite is downriver它的反義字是 downriver。

A learner's mistake is to think it means north. It has nothing to do with the compass; it only means against the current. If a river runs north, then upriver is south.

A learner's mistake is to think it means north學習者常犯的錯誤，是以為這個字的意思是「北方」。It has nothing to do with the compass它跟指南針一點關係都沒有；it only means against the current它只是指逆著水流的方向。If a river runs north, then upriver is south如果一條河是往北流，那 upriver 就是南方。

There is also a feeling attached to it in English writing. Because roads and cities usually follow the lower part of a river, 'upriver' often suggests somewhere smaller, older, more remote — the quiet place further in.

There is also a feeling attached to it in English writing在英文寫作裡，這個字還帶著一種感覺。Because roads and cities usually follow the lower part of a river因為道路和城市通常沿著河的下游一帶發展, 'upriver' often suggests somewhere smaller, older, more remote『upriver』常常暗示某個更小、更老、更偏遠的地方——the quiet place further in那個更深入內陸的寧靜之地。

Upstream means the same thing physically and is the more common word overall, but upstream also has a wide business use (upstream in the supply chain) that upriver never has.

Upstream means the same thing physically and is the more common word overallupstream 在字面上意思一樣，而且整體來說更常用，but upstream also has a wide business use (upstream in the supply chain) that upriver never has但 upstream 還有一個廣泛的商業用法（像 upstream in the supply chain 供應鏈上游），這是 upriver 從來沒有的。