upgrade

verb

1. 使（机器、计算机系统等）升级；提高；改进
   to make a piece of machinery, computer system, etc. more powerful and efficient
2. 提升；提拔
   to give sb a more important job
3. 提高（飞机乘客、旅馆住客等的）待遇；优待
   to give sb a better seat on a plane, room in a hotel, etc. than the one that they have paid for
4. 提高（设施、服务等的）档次；改善；使升格
   to improve the condition of a building, etc. in order to provide a better service
   1. to upgrade the town's leisure facilities
      改善镇里的休闲设施

The verb is pronounced /ʌp'greɪd/. The noun is pronounced /'ʌpgreɪd/. 动词读作/ʌp'greɪd/，名词读作/'ʌpgreɪd/。


1. VERB 改良；更新；升级
   If equipment or services are upgraded, they are improved or made more efficient.
   1. Helicopters have been upgraded and modernized...
      直升机已经更新换代，装配了现代化设备。
   2. Medical facilities are being reorganized and upgraded.
      正在对医疗设施进行重组和升级。
   3. ...upgraded catering facilities.
      更新换代的餐饮设施
   4. Upgrade is also a noun.
      
   5. ...equipment which needs expensive upgrades.
      更新费用高昂的设备
   6. ...upgrades in the level of security.
      安全级别的升级
2. VERB 擢升；晋升；提升；提拔
   If someone is upgraded, their job or status is changed so that they become more important or receive more money.
   1. He was upgraded to security guard.
      他被擢升为保安。
3. VERB (使)升级到更高待遇;(使)升舱
   If you upgrade or are upgraded, you change something such as your air ticket or your hotel room to one that is more expensive.
   1. You can upgrade from self-catering accommodation to a hotel.
      您可以将自理膳食旅店升级为酒店。

1. Helicopters have been upgraded and modernized
   直升机已经更新换代，装配了现代化设备。
2. Medical facilities are being reorganized and upgraded.
   正在对医疗设施进行重组和升级。
3. He was upgraded to security guard.
   他被擢升为保安。
4. You can upgrade from self-catering accommodation to a hotel.
   您可以将自理膳食旅店升级为酒店。
5. Easy installation and upgrade.
   可以轻松地安装和升级。
6. This file can be sent to developers to upgrade source code to the newest version.
   可以将该文件发送给开发人员以将源代码升级到最新版本。
7. This feature eliminates down time during the upgrade process.
   这个特性消除了升级过程中的停机时间。
8. The Resources section has a link to download and upgrade Vim.
   参考资料小节提供了下载和升级Vim的链接。
9. Remember if you select multiple systems, you can upgrade them as well.
   记住，如果您选择了多个系统，您也可以升级它们。
10. Refer to the output below, from one of the LPARs before and after the upgrade.
    下面是升级之前和之后一个LPAR的输出。
11. That's a lot of power packed into the upgrade!
    在升级中包装了许多强大功能！
12. They upgrade, install, and virtualize servers and applications.
    他们升级、安装和虚拟化服务器与应用程序。
13. The HACMP configuration for each cluster was also verified and synchronized prior to the upgrade.
    还在升级之前检查和同步了每个集群的HACMP配置。
14. This packaging and dynamic loading provides a flexible upgrade, maintenance, and licensing strategy.
    这一打包和动态装入提供了灵活的升级、维护、以及许可策略。
15. Pre-packaged code compromises our ability to maintain and upgrade our own product.
    预包装的代码损害了我们维护并升级自己的产品的能力。
16. Upgrade your ports to speedup loading and unloading.
    升级你的港口可以加速装载和卸货。
17. Macintosh users are accustomed to using Software Update in System Preferences to upgrade the operating system and system software.
    Macintosh用户习惯使用系统偏好设置中软件更新来升级操作系统和系统软件。
18. We encourage our enterprises to upgrade technologies and make technological renovation.
    我们鼓励企业技术进步和技术改造。
19. We need to upgrade the pay and status of doctors.
    我们需要提高医生的工资和地位。
20. The upgrade report lists potential hardware and software issues with your computer.
    升级报告列出了计算机上潜在的硬件和软件问题。
21. It is recommended that you back up the instance and application databases before you upgrade.
    建议您在升级之前备份实例和应用程序数据库。
22. Looks like you need an upgrade.
    看来你得帮它升级一下了。
23. By using the OO technology and multithreading technology, the maintenance& upgrade is very easy and convenient.
    采用了面向对象技术和多线程技术，使得系统的维护和升级变得十分方便。
24. To upgrade the overall level and capacity of China's launch vehicles.
    －－全面提高中国运载火箭的整体水平和能力。
25. Upgrade this disk to a dynamic disk; partitions and volumes on the disk are also upgraded.
    将磁盘升级到动态磁盘；磁盘上的分区和卷也会升级。
26. I have to upgrade my computer; it is out of date.
    我要升级我的电脑，它太过时了。
27. It has also helped Mongolia upgrade its trading system and exported its advanced bond trading system to Malaysia.
    它还帮助蒙古升级了交易系统，向马来西亚输出了其先进的债券交易系统。
28. We will upgrade the structure of the economy to achieve better quality and performance, he said.
    他说：我们将升级经济结构以提高质量和表现。

noun

1. the act of improving something (especially machinery) by raising it to a higher grade (as by adding or replacing components)
   1. the power plant received a new upgrade

2. hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did

3. the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

   Synonym:    riserising slope

4. a reservation that is improved
   1. I got an upgrade to first class when coach class was full

5. software that provides better performance than an earlier version did

6. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
   1. the car couldn't make it up the rise

   Synonym:    ascentacclivityriseraiseclimb

verb

1. to improve what was old or outdated
   1. I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software
   2. The company upgraded their personnel

2. give better travel conditions to
   1. The airline upgraded me when I arrived late and Coach Class was full

3. get better travel conditions
   1. I upgraded to First Class when Coach Class was overbooked

4. rate higher

5. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
   1. John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
   2. Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
   3. I got promoted after many years of hard work

   Synonym:    promoteadvancekick upstairsraiseelevate