Upstream : 상류의, 상류로
Downstream : 하류의, 하류로
Upstream Business : 도매사업, (오일/원료) 축출단계, 추출단계, (과정/행사의) 초기단계
Downstream Business : 소매사업, 리테일사업, (완제품)판매단계, (과정/행사등의) 후속단계
1)
both of these words are adverbs and adjectives
you can use these words quite a lot in business
but the basic meaning of upstream, it's talking about the flow of a river
the flow of the river is the stream
downstream means towards the sea
upstream means towards the source of the river
oxford is upstream of Lodon, it's upstream it's towards the source of the river thames
it's talking about the direction of flow of the river
it's hard to travel upstream
downstream with the flow of the river
upstream agianst the flow of the river
2)
in business
upstream is an earlier stage in a process or a series of events
downstream is a later stage in a process or a series of events
these words are particulary used in the oil and gas industries
an oil company will have upstream assets, these are the stage for the discovery of oil, the extraction of oil
oil company will also have downstream assets, for example gas delivery companies, petrol station
oil company, upsstream-> midstream -> downstream -> selling
downstream business, a company to actually sell the product that they make
downstream business would specialize in selling the product
upstream business would concentrate on producing it
upstream business sell wholesale
downstream business buy wholesale and sell retail
Formality : 5 for both upstream and downstream
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