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upgrade

verb
 
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪd/
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪd/, 🔊/ˈʌpɡreɪd/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they upgrade
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪd/
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪd/, 🔊/ˈʌpɡreɪd/
he / she / it upgrades
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdz/
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdz/, 🔊/ˈʌpɡreɪdz/
past simple upgraded
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdɪd/
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdɪd/, 🔊/ˈʌpɡreɪdɪd/
past participle upgraded
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdɪd/
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdɪd/, 🔊/ˈʌpɡreɪdɪd/
-ing form upgrading
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdɪŋ/
🔊/ˌʌpˈɡreɪdɪŋ/, 🔊/ˈʌpɡreɪdɪŋ/
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  1.  
    [transitive, intransitive] to make a machine, computer system, etc. more powerful and efficient; to start using a new and better version of a machine, system, etc.使（机器、计算机系统等）升级；提高；改进
    • upgrade something We are constantly upgrading our software to meet customers' needs.我们不断升级软件，以满足用户的需要。
    • upgrade (from something) (to something) customers who want to upgrade from version 4.2 to version 4.5想把版本从 4.2 升级到 4.5 的客户
    • Users can easily upgrade to the new version.用户可以很容易地升级到新版本。
    Topics Computersc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • significantly
    • substantially
    • constantly
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    • to
    • with
    • …
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  2.  
    [transitive] upgrade something to improve the condition of a building, etc. in order to provide a better service提高（设施、服务等的）档次；改善；使升格
    • to upgrade the town’s leisure facilities改善镇里的休闲设施
    • The towpath was upgraded for use by cyclists.牵引道已升级，供自行车手使用。
    compare downgrade
  3. [transitive, often passive] to give somebody a better seat on a plane, room in a hotel, etc. than the one that they have paid for提高（飞机乘客、旅馆住客等的）待遇；优待
    • be upgraded (to something) On the flight back, we were upgraded to business class.在返程中，我们升格为商务舱。
    Topics Holidaysc1, Transport by airc1
  4. [transitive] upgrade somebody (to something) to give somebody a more important job提升；提拔 synonym promote
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upgrade

noun
 
🔊/ˈʌpɡreɪd/
🔊/ˈʌpɡreɪd/
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  1.  
    upgrade (to something) the act of making a machine, computer system, etc. more powerful and efficient; the more powerful and efficient machine, computer system, etc.使（机器、计算机系统等）升级；提高；改进
    • instructions for installing an upgrade to the existing system安装现有系统更新的指令
    Topics Computersc1
  2. the act of improving the condition of a building, etc. in order to provide a better service提高（设施、服务等的）档次；改善；使升格
    • The building urgently needs an upgrade.该建筑物迫切需要升级。
  3. the act of giving somebody a better seat on a plane, room in a hotel, etc. than the one that they paid for; the seat, room, etc. itself 提高（飞机乘客、旅馆住客等的）待遇；优待
    • Frequent flyers qualify for a free upgrade.常旅客有资格享受免费升舱。