upstream

上流の、上流に向かう

川の流れに逆らって、川の源の方へ向かう。

やさしい英語で： Moving toward where a river starts, against the direction of the water.

• The upstream journey took three hours.
• Salmon make an upstream migration each year.
• The upstream section of the river is narrow.

類義語： upriver

反対語： downstream

よく使う表現： upstream journey, upstream movement, upstream section

上流の、先行する

ある過程の早い段階にあり、その後の段階に影響することが多い。

やさしい英語で： Happening earlier in a process and often affecting what happens later.

• An upstream error affected every later calculation.
• The company changed its upstream suppliers.
• Better housing addresses upstream causes of poor health.

使い方： upstream of something (Data collection is upstream of analysis.)

類義語： earlier, prior

反対語： downstream

よく使う表現： upstream process, upstream causes, upstream supplier

上流プロジェクトに取り込んでもらう

ソフトの変更を元のプロジェクトに採用してもらい、開発者に保守・共有してもらう。

やさしい英語で： To get a software change accepted into the original project so its developers maintain and share it.

• We plan to upstream this patch.
• The team upstreamed its bug fixes last month.
• Can you upstream these changes before the next release?

類義語： contribute upstream

よく使う表現： upstream a patch, upstream changes, upstream something