upright
upright 英 [ˈʌpraɪt] 美 [ˈʌpˌraɪt]
adj. 正直的，诚实的；垂直的，直立的；笔直的；合乎正道的 n. 垂直；竖立
名词复数:uprights
- Something that's upright stands straight up. When you sit upright, your back is straight and vertical. Even your grandmother would approve of your posture.
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- adj. 正直的，诚实的；垂直的，直立的；笔直的；合乎正道的
- n. 垂直；竖立
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1. In the film she was cast as a hardworking upright middleaged woman.
她在这部影片中扮演了一个勤劳正直的中年妇女。
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2. Then, bit by bit, his back uncurls and straightens until all of a sudden there is he, upright, truly a man.
然后，他的背部一点一点地舒展和拉直，直到突然他变成一个真正的直立的男人。
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3. At the end of the primary season we wrote that they were "responsible, upright and experienced in their different ways".
在初选季末尾我们曾写道，他们“以自己不同的方式表现负责、正直和富有经验的特质”。
- upright (adj.) Old English upriht "erect, face-upward;" see up (adv.) + right (adj.1). Similar compounds are found in other Germanic languages (Old Frisian upriucht, Middle Dutch oprecht, Old High German ufreht, German aufrecht, Old Norse uprettr). Figurative sense of "good, honest, adhering to rectitude" is first attested 1520s.
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