| 单词 | upgrade |
| 释义 | upgrade (once / 1721 pages) 1vn 2vn 3n WORD FAMILY upgrade: upgraded, upgrades, upgrading USAGE EXAMPLESTime is ticking for Minnesota to upgrade its driver’s licenses to satisfy looming federal requirements to board domestic flights. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) That was Phase One of the long-term upgrade plan. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Meanwhile, overall spending on building new factories or upgrading aging equipment languished. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1v rate higher; raise in value or esteem Ant|Hyper downgrade rate lower; lower in value or esteem grade, order, place, range, rank, rate assign a rank or rating to 2v give a promotion to or assign to a higher position Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, raise break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate assign to a lower position; reduce in rank tenure give life-time employment to bring uppromote from a lower position or rank spot promotepromote on the spot ennoble, entitle, gentlegive a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility favor, favour, preferpromote over another brevetpromote somebody by brevet, in the military baronetise, baronetizeconfer baronetcy upon lordmake a lord of someone dub, knightraise (someone) to knighthood advantagegive an advantage to assign, delegate, depute, designate give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) 3v get better travel conditions I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked Hyper ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate get better 4v give better travel conditions to The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full Hyper ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 5n a reservation that is improved 2I got an upgrade to first class when coach class was full Hyper reservation something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.) 1v to improve what was old or outdated I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software The company upgraded their personnel Hyper ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 2n the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components) the power plant received a new upgrade Hyper improvement the act of improving something 3n software that provides better performance than an earlier version did Hyper computer software, package, software, software package, software program, software system (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory 4n hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did 3Hyper computer hardware, hardware (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system 1n the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises Syn|Hyper rise, rising slope grade the gradient of a slope or road or other surface 2n an upward slope or grade (as in a road) Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall a downward slope or bend uphill the upward slope of a hill incline, side, slope an elevated geological formation |
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