核心畫面
Think of your hand sweeping up from waist height towards the ceiling: upwards names that direction of travel. It is the adverb, so it attaches to a movement — you look, climb, point, or push upwards — and the same sweep works whether what is rising is your arm or a number on a page.
可以想成你的手從腰際往天花板一路劃上去：upwards 說的就是那個行進的方向。它是副詞，所以總是黏在一個動作上——…更多收起
可以想成你的手從腰際往天花板一路劃上去：upwards 說的就是那個行進的方向。它是副詞，所以總是黏在一個動作上——你 look / climb / point / push upwards——而不管往上跑的是你的手臂，還是紙上的一個數字，那一劃的感覺是一樣的。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
upwardsadv/ˈʌpwədz/
- 1
Towards a (higher) position closer to the sky than the ground.
- look upwards
- push upwards
- 2
To a higher figure or amount.
- Prices are moving steadily upwards.
- 3
Towards something which is higher in order, larger, superior etc.
- 4
Backwards in time, into the past.
- 5
To or into later life.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。