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up·scale
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第三人称单数:upscales
现在分词:upscaling
过去式:upscaled
过去分词:upscaled
比较级:more upscale
最高级:most upscale
adjective
relating to, being, or appealing to affluent consumersalso: of a superior quality
verb
transitive verb
to make (something) more appealing to affluent consumers : to make (something) more upscale "Everybody's trying to upscale men's colognes because the prestige brands have taken share from the mass brands," says cosmetics industry consultant Allan Mottus.—Ronald Alsopalso: to improve the quality of (something) … even retained a handwriting teacher to upscale her penmanship—no more tiny circles over her i's. —Brad Darrach
The council is renaming them the Fashion Awards, globalizing them, moving the hoopla around them to the Royal Albert Hall and otherwise upscaling them.—Vanessa Friedman
to increase the size; scope, or scale of (something) As a result, an upscaling of the problem of underrepresentation to the national scale mobilizes scalar politics …—Emily Skop
A star is an upscaled nuclear reactor, not a bonfire.—Laurence A. Marschall
adverb
to or toward the upper, more expensive end of a range of products or services … chef Celestino Drago has taken Sicilian cuisine upscale in his chic Santa Monica restaurant.—Thomas Matthews
He tried to move upscale—toward higher-cost, higher-profit garments, which, in theory, would be less susceptible to price competition.—James Lardner
1966年,“在一个尺度的高端,优越的”,是一个商业用语,来自 up(adv.)+ scale(v.3)。
The first known use of upscale was in 1963
upstandingadjective
vertical entry 1 sense 2
honest entry 1 sense 3
upstairs1 of 3adverb
up the stairs : to or on a higher floor
to or at a higher position or level
upstairs2 of 3adjective
located on an upper floor
the upstairs bedroom
upstairs3 of 3noun
the part of a building above the ground floor
upstage1 of 2adverb or adjective
toward or at the part of the stage or set farthest from the audience or the motion-picture or television camera
upstage2 of 2verb
to steal attention away from
children upstaging adult performers
upsilonnoun
the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet—Υ or υ
upshotnoun
final result : outcome
upscaleadjective
relating to, being, or appealing to wealthy consumers : of a superior qualityupscale products
upscale shops
upscaleadjective
relating to, being, or appealing to wealthy consumers : of a superior qualityupscale products
upscale shops
1 The manager at the Jefferson, the upscale Washington hotel, and his marketing manager tackle the comments one by one.
2 A yearlong pandemic diary embedded in a prickly domestic negotiation, the movie is essentially a two-person play set in the upscale kitchen of the couple’s comfortable middle-class home.
3 The health exchanges created under the law have given public hospitals a chance to attract more upscale patients.
4 Now two years old, this sliver of a restaurant offers a more casual, wallet-friendly version of its upscale sister restaurant Nagaya a few blocks away.
5 The venue’s aesthetic is upscale grunge, heavy on exposed concrete and industrial ductwork.
6 Suddenly, upscale magazines like Vanity Fair wanted in on the Miley phenomenon.
突然, 像《名利场》这样的上流杂志也想利用麦莉现象.
7 An epic 10-minute story about a charged exchange with a homeless man he meets outside his upscale Manhattan hotel had the poetic weight of an August Wilson monologue.
8 However, the upscale estate still are not at present startled.
不过, 高档楼盘目前依然波澜不惊.
9 Blake Fleetwood, a manager at CookTravel.net, a travel agency in New York, just saw the cancellation of a $197,000 booking — a family of 30 planning an upscale safari to South Africa.
10 Welcome to the new way of grazing in upscale restaurants.
11 The upscale mobile camp TerraVelo Tours will set down roots in wine country this winter.
12 It was a lot bigger than I’d realized—four stories tall, sky blue with white trim, like an upscale seaside resort.
13 If your budget is limited, take a shorter trip within the United States and spring for nice accommodations and a few meals in upscale restaurants.
14 DiDonato wore an evening gown: von Otter wore a velvet blazer, dark pants and a modified T-shirt, an upscale nod to a rock look that seemed, like her singing, completely natural.
15 A romantic take on upscale couture the collection of beefy leather trench coats and thin black neckties was not.
16 Details are still scant, but it will have 54 rooms and an upscale restaurant.
17 Other upscale hotels, such as Montpelier Plantation & Beach, a Relais & Chateau property, also attract an upscale crowd: Princess Diana took her two young sons there just after separating from Prince Charles.
18 Prices at more upscale accommodations like Caesars Palace or Trump International can be as low as $80 a night.
19 Over dinner at the upscale restaurant Yakitori-Hachibei, they told me that Fukuoka has long had a reputation among the Japanese as a great place to live.
20 He describes the security at Pearl Continental "extremely poor", in comparison to other upscale hotels in Pakistan.
他形容明珠酒店的安保与巴基斯坦其他高档酒店相比非常差。
1 平均水准以上的
2 高雅的
fine elegant sophisticated tasty modest chic classy posh tasteful dainty seraphic spirituel couth spirituelle attic
3 高级的
upmarket high quality advanced premium sophisticated developed high-grade high-class executive exclusive ranking high-level deluxe
4 奢华的
5 改善
reformational reformatory ameliorative remedially improvement reform remediation reformation betterment amelioration melioration better improve ameliorate condition perfect amend mend meliorate a change for the better
6 奢华
9 改进
amendatory meliorative meliority refinement betterment amelioration face-lifting better refine perfect reform meliorate gain improvement modification pickup renewal makeover reformation upswing improve progress upgrade remedy ameliorate redound to come on improve on improve upon on the mend
10 扩大
grow extension expansion swell enlargement dilatation aggrandizement extend expand enlarge augment magnify dilate add to scale up
11 面向高端消费者地
12 高消费阶层的
14 高级
upmarket high quality advanced premium sophisticated developed high-grade high-class executive exclusive ranking high-level deluxe highly
15 高雅
fine elegant sophisticated tasty modest chic classy posh tasteful dainty seraphic spirituel couth spirituelle refinedly concinnity class grace elegance attic decency courtliness sophisticate
16 上流阶层的