"upriver" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 上游

Definition

朝河流源頭方向；靠近河流起點。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

主要用來描述沿河往上游的方向，是“downriver（下游）”的反義詞。通常在自然和地理情境下，也可比喻問題的根源。

Examples

The boat is going upriver to the village.

船正在往村莊的**上游**開去。

Fishermen travel upriver every morning.

漁民每天早上都**往上游**去。

They built a dam upriver from the city.

他們在城市**上游**建了一座大壩。

You have to paddle hard to make it upriver against the current.

你必須用力劃槳才能**逆流**到上游。

Many birds migrate upriver in the spring.

許多鳥類在春天**往上游**遷徙。

Pollution upriver can affect the water quality here.

**上游**的污染會影響這裡的水質。