upmarket

adverb
🔊/ˌʌpˈmɑːkɪt/
🔊/ˌʌpˈmɑːrkɪt/
(British English)
(North American English upscale)
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  1. in a way that involves buying or selling goods and services that are expensive and of high quality
    • The company has been forced to move more upmarket.这家公司被迫进一步转向高端市场。🔊🔊
    opposite downmarketTopics Holidaysc1

upmarket

adjective
🔊/ˌʌpˈmɑːkɪt/
🔊/ˌʌpˈmɑːrkɪt/
(especially British English)
(North American English also upscale)
[usually before noun]
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  1. designed for or used by people who belong to a high social class or have a lot of money高档的;高级的
    • an upmarket restaurant高级餐厅
    opposite downmarketTopics Holidaysc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUpmarket is used with these nouns:
    • shop
    • suburb
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