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单词 upgrade
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upgrade
Word forms: upgrades, upgrading , upgraded pronunciation note:   The verb is pronounced (ʌpgrd ). The noun is pronounced (ʌpgreɪd ).
1. verb [usually passive] B2
If equipment or services are upgraded, they are improved or made more efficient.
Helicopters have been upgraded and modernized. [be VERB-ed]
Medical facilities are being reorganized and upgraded. [be VERB-ed]
...upgraded catering facilities. [VERB-ed]
[Also VERB]
Synonyms: improve, better, update, reform  
Upgrade is also a noun.
...equipment which needs expensive upgrades.
...upgrades in the level of security. [+ in]
2. verb [usually passive]
If someone is upgraded, their job or status is changed so that they become more important or receive more money.
He was upgraded to security guard. [be VERB-ed + to]
Synonyms: promote, raise, advance, boost  
3. verb
If you upgrade or are upgraded, you change something such as your air ticket or your hotel room to one that is more expensive.
You can upgrade from self-catering accommodation to a hotel. [VERB]
[Also VERB noun]
Collocations:
performance upgrade
The company also designs performance upgrade packages for existing powertrains.
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Most insurers take a dim view of performance upgrades, because of statistics that suggest tuned cars have more road accidents.
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Performance upgrades include four-piston caliper brakes, a high-flow exhaust system and suspension parts.
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The latest trends, accessories, new cars, industry events, performance upgrades, cool electronics and aftermarket go-fast parts, editors, engineers, and manufacturers guests.
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Players have the ability to increase their cars performance by applying performance upgrades to the car.
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upgrade a line
And with more than 7bn spent to upgrade the line, the poor passengers are stuck with these third-rate trains.
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Other organisations are working to upgrade the line rather than close it.
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When the license came up for renewal in 1976, it was decided to upgrade the line drastically.
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Major investments would be needed to upgrade the line to a suitable speed, and through the 1970s this became an important issue of debate.
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The transit authorities are in the process of upgrading the line, which will involve new stations, possibly located at more suitable locations.
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upgrade a network
It looks likely that consumers who want to be at the forefront of the network upgrade may have to pay more, based on the experience in other countries.
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On top of that, the company's 21st-century network upgrade has fallen behind schedule by more than a year, analysts say.
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Passengers face years of overcrowded trains and dilapidated rolling stock as plans to expand and upgrade the network are cancelled or put on hold.
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Once the internet investment bubble burst, the telecom network upgrade cycle was deferred for years (perhaps for a decade).
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They want the corporation to share the cost of upgrading the network to cope with the increased workload, which has been estimated at 831 million.
Times, Sunday Times
upgrade a programme
Sure, it's no easy ride delivering a 38 billion upgrade programme over five years on a running railway where passengers have doubled in two decades.
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That looks a bit effusive now from a regulator given the task of holding the company to account, not least scrutinising its upgrade programme to see whether it's deliverable.
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Large parts of the network will be closed as more than 20,000 engineers lead a major upgrade programme, an increase of about two-thirds compared with last year.
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The upgrade programme continued well into the 1980s.
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The contract will upgrade the programme's space-based navigation and performance.
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upgrade significantly
In the meantime the security in and around my house has been upgraded significantly.
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These three basic vehicles were upgraded significantly over time.
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Recently the museum has been upgraded significantly, including a building spanning across the river and with a large panorama hall at the top.
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For convenience, several of the free alternatives ship with yum replacing up2date, something that makes providing mirrors for upgrades significantly easier.
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The tracks were not upgraded significantly during steam or diesel eras.
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upgrade software
I might be assigned a complex maintenance procedure, a job to upgrade software or replace a broken hard drive.
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This will not affect users, but system builders need to upgrade software to accommodate the new standard.
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Thus, when upgrading software, or when migrating to a new package, carefully check the database's integrity during the evaluation period.
The Scientist
upgrade the status of
This upgrades your status at work and gets family life running smoothly.
The Sun
Several of these parliaments have expressed interest in upgrading the status of the existing co-operation, and in establishing a relationship on a permanent basis.
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There was a time when the inhabitants felt the necessity of upgrading the status of their residence into an autonomous city on behalf of its approach to community service.
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Translations:
Chinese: 升级
Japanese: グレードアップする
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