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upscale

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++up·scale /ˈʌpskeɪl/ adjective American English  EXPENSIVErelating to people from a high social class who have a lot of money 适合高消费阶层的,高档的 SYN British English upmarket an affluent upscale audience 富裕的高消费观众
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upscaleSkyservice is a small but well-established Toronto-based charter carrier that announced in June it wants to start an upscale airline.Go into any upscale Bay Area restaurant and ask for a glass of white wine.an upscale department storeThere is no Metro stop in the upscale neighborhood.
up·scale adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus a have relating to social high class who people from


upscale
upscale /ˈʌpskeɪl/ adjective American English
relating to people from a high social class who have a lot of money
   SYN  upmarket British English:
    an affluent upscale audience


up·scaleBrE /ˌʌpˈskeɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌpˈskeɪl/ 🔊 adjective [usually before noun] (NAmE) (also especially BrE up·mar·ket) 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 OPP downscale up·scale BrE /ˌʌpˈskeɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌpˈskeɪl/ 🔊(NAmE) (BrE up·mar·ket) adverb
up·scaleBrE /ˌʌpˈskeɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʌpˈskeɪl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they upscale BrE /ˌʌpˈskeɪl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌpˈskeɪl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it upscales BrE /ˌʌpˈskeɪlz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌpˈskeɪlz/ 🔊past simple upscaled BrE /ˌʌpˈskeɪld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌpˈskeɪld/ 🔊past participle upscaled BrE /ˌʌpˈskeɪld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌpˈskeɪld/ 🔊 -ing form upscaling BrE /ˌʌpˈskeɪlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌʌpˈskeɪlɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth to make sth better, bigger or more powerful 改进;扩大;升级The pilot project will begin in three areas and then be upscaled to the entire state.该试点项目将先在三个地区推行,然后扩展至整个州。~ sth to change a product so that it will be used or bought by people who have more money or belong to a higher social class 使(产品)更高档