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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
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Collins English-English Dictionary
- upright ['^p,raɪt]
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1.
adj
vertical or erect
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2.
adj
honest, honourable, or just
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3.
adv
vertically
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4.
n
a vertical support, such as a stake or post
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5.
n
short for upright piano
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6.
n
the state of being vertical
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7.
vt.
[tr]
to make upright
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1.
adj
vertical or erect
Examples
- to sit bolt upright
- 笔挺地坐着，坐得笔直 → bolt
- Nature gave humans the ability to walk upright.
- 大自然赋予人类直立行走的能力。 → nature
- to remain upright
- 保持直立 → upright
- 为官清正
- be an upright and just official; be upright in performing one's official duties → 清正
- 他这个人办事铁面无私，从来不留情面。
- Impartial and upright, he has never stretched a point to spare people's sensibilities. → 不留情面
- 字要写得方正。
- In writing, make the characters square and upright. → 方正
- 他为人方正。
- He is an upright man. → 方正
- 竖式钢琴
- upright piano → 钢琴
- 秉性耿直
- be upright by nature → 耿直
- 心地光明
- upright and pure in mind → 光明
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