词组 | move up |
释义 | move up 1. move up if you ask someone to move up, especially when they are standing or sitting in a row, you want them to move a little so that there is more space for you or other people: ▪ Could you move up a bit - there's just room for Alec if you do. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑move over 2. move up if you move up at work or at school, you get a better job or position, or go to a higher class or level + into/to ▪ Many of the workers were able to move up into better paid, pleasanter and more skilled jobs. ▪ By 1995, James too had moved up to the senior school. move up the ladder (=get a better job or position in society) ▪ I could stay in this job all my life, but if I want to move up the ladder, I'll have to go elsewhere. 3. move sb up • move up sb if someone moves you up at work or at school, they give you a better job or position or move you to a higher class or level + into/to ▪ Very soon after that, Matilda was moved up into the top class. 4. move up • move sb up • move up sb if soldiers or policemen move up or are moved up, they are sent to a particular position in order to be ready to act or attack: ▪ The French troops in Saudi Arabia moved up to Hafar al-Batin. ▪ The Russians moved troops up to the Turkish frontier. |
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