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ad. 向上游, 逆流地

a. 向上游的, 逆流而上的

[机] 上流




    upstream
    [ adj ]
    1. in the direction against a stream's current

    2. <adj.all>
    [ adv ]
    1. toward the source or against the current

    2. <adv.all>


    Upstream \Up*stream"\, adv.
    Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.

    1. They had to paddle 200 miles upstream on the Paraguay River in Brazil because high winds had blown water plants into a solid mass that blocked their path, and later spent 17 days without touching shore on the same river because of floods.
    2. When farmers upstream used fungicides on their fields, the Ihlers treated their irrigation water to remove the chemicals. They complained long and loud enough to local crop dusters that the airplanes now make wide detours around their farm.
    3. Selling a product that's not a household word "is like rowing a boat upstream," notes Frank Delano, chairman of Delano Goldman & Young, a corporate- and brand-image consultant in New York.
    4. The group said the Platte faces two major problems, the Two Forks water storage dam proposed on the South Platte near Denver and the operation of upstream dams along a 200-mile stretch known as "Big Bend" in Nebraska.
    5. It asserts that Lincoln engaged in a number of imprudent transactions in order to improperly upstream monies to ACC, its parent, which was experiencing financial difficulties.
    6. A few miles upstream, two hours of sandbagging by about 40 people averted major flooding at Snohomish, said Al Amonson, staff coordinator in the Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management.
    7. Lake Sakakawea, which pumps $40 million into the North Dakota economy through tourism, is at historic lows after two drought-ridden summers and skimpy snow runoff upstream, state and federal officials say.
    8. To help with plans to increase crude oil production capacity, Venezuela also is considering revising rules that prevent foreign participation in the upstream sector of Venezuela's oil industry, Mr. Sosa Pietri said.
    9. LTV spokeswoman Debbie Kavulich said her company took the necessary precautions prior to New Year's Day at the company's mooring facility three miles upstream from Pittsburgh, where 15 of the wayward barges came from.
    10. But a small group of Chimayosos opposed the project, saying it would disrupt their lives, and Redford was forced 10 miles upstream to Truchas.
    11. But at least 61 barges were torn from their moorings, 37 of them at the Maxwell Dam 60 miles upstream from Pittsburgh.
    12. We had 19 salmon in 3 1/2 days, two-thirds of them from Careysville and the rest from another stretch upstream.
    13. The cries of the canoeists, paddling furiously toward us with what seemed to be long-handled, gaily painted pingpong paddles, brought out more boats from houses on stilts farther upstream and in the side creeks.
    14. On our left, the coffee-brown Solimoes River, flowing a mile wide out of lush lowlands, meets the broad black Rio Negro, fed far upstream by the snows of the Andes.
    15. They have downstream facilities to supply or upstream refineries supplying them with alumina (aluminium oxide).
    16. In accordance with the "tax sharing agreement," ACC was able to upstream to itself from Lincoln $4.4 million, or 40% of the $11 million gain.
    17. "This new addition gives us the balance we seek between upstream in the North Sea and Indonesia and downstream in Canada and California," Ultramar Chairman John Darby said in London.
    18. First, look where people may not have looked in the past. For example, examine your company's role in the supply chain; look upstream at your suppliers and downstream at your distributors for opportunities to improve the total system's effectiveness.
    19. The canals can't be entirely filled, because people have moved into the flood plain along the upstream portion of the canal, Loftin said.
    20. Lanier said he is "swimming upstream" as the Republican candidate, but believes Fort Worth might be ready for change.
    21. The drought has left the Mississippi so low that its current is too slow to prevent saltwater from creeping upstream from the Gulf of Mexico, threatening drinking water supplies and marshes where oysters and other seafood grow.
    22. The river also has swept away cattle, including all but 67 of a herd of 250 in Conway County, upstream from Little Rock.
    23. En route from Dawson to the upstream site, their boat struck a rock in the Yukon River and nearly sank.
    24. Demand for consumer electronics products inside Japan is slack, prices are depressed and the industry is suffering competition from cheap imports. The progress upstream more than compensates for the disappointment downstream.
    25. Pushing a heavy cargo upstream at a stately rate of 9kph - a brisk walking pace - the Vecht took 12 times as long.
    26. BP believes it can bring it back into production soon with output rising to 20,000 b/d by 1997. The agreement marks the first upstream involvement of a foreign oil company in Venezuela since 1976.
    27. 'But now he will be swimming upstream on this issue.
    28. The People's Daily said the fire occurred about 50 miles upstream from Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province.
    29. A few miles upstream the street lights vanish and the rain forest resumes.
    30. It will run underwater for some of the way to protect the area's stunning natural beauty. The upstream part of the project will be 100 per cent owned by the Omani Government and operated on its behalf by state-oil company Petroleum Development Oman.
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