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bottom up

/bot-uhm-uhp/US // ˈbɒt əm ˈʌp //

自下而上,自下而上的,自底向上

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or originating with the common people, nonprofessionals, or the lower ranks of an organization: The five-day workweek was a bottom-up movement that business leaders and politicians finally supported.
    • : organized or proceeding from smaller, more detailed units to the larger, more general structure: His bottom-up approach to research involves immersing himself in communities to better understand the lives of local entrepreneurs.

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Examples

  • “I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.

  • In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.

  • He hits bottom at Rocamadour, a sanctuary in the Dordogne known as a citadel of faith devoted to Mary.

  • We won't find out this season, though it comes up occasionally.

  • Kickstarter is one start-up platform that seems to have realized the danger.

  • What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?

  • Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

  • Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.

  • In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.

  • The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.