单词 | upmarket |
释义 | upmarketWord family verbupbearupbindupblowupbraidupbrastupbrayupbroughtupbuildupcatchupcheerupchuckupcoilupdateupfollowupgatherupgrowuphaudupheaveuphoardupholdupjetupknituplayupleadupleanupliftuploaduplockuplookupraiseuprateuprearuprolluprootuproseuprystupsellupsetupshootupskillupspeakupspearupspringupstandupstareupstayupsurgeupswayuptearupthrowupthrustupthunderuptieuptrainupvalueupwindupwroughtupboilupclimbupcloseupcurlupdragupdrawupfillupfurlupgazeupgouphangupheapuphoistuphurlupleapuprouseuprunupsendupswelluptiltupwaftupwellupwhirladjectiveupblownupburningupburstingupcoastupcomingupgradableupgrownupgushinguphanduphilluplighteduplockeduplyingupmarketuppiledupraisedupreareduprightupriverupscaleupsettingupstandingupstaringupstateupsweptup-tempouptightuptornuptrilledupturnedupcurvedupdrawnupflashingupflungupgoinguptiltednounupbreakupbringingupbuildingupbuoyanceupburstupcastupcomeup-countryupdoupflowupgangupgradabilityupgradationupgradeupgrowingupgrowthupgushupheavalupholderupholdingupkeepuplifterupliftinguplighteruplinkuplinkingupmakeupmakerupmakingupmanshipuprestuprightnessuprisalupriseuprisingupristuproaruprootaluprooteruprootinguprushupsetterupshotupsittingupstartupstrokeupsurgenceupswinguptakeuptalkuptickuptimeuptowneruptrendupturnupturningupvaluationupwellingupwrapupfillingupgraderupheapingupsweepadverbupbyupfielduphillwardupliftinglyuprighteouslyuprightlyupstageupstairsupstreamuptown up·mar·ket /ˌʌpˈmɑːkɪt◂ $ -ɑːr-/ adjectiveadj, adverbadv especially British EnglishBrE EXPENSIVEdesigned for or used by people who have a lot of money 高端市场的,适合高消费阶层的,高档的 → downmarket OPP downmarket an upmarket restaurant 高档餐厅 move/go upmarket a brand that’s moved upmarket (=it is trying to attract richer people) 转向高端市场的品牌 Examples from the Corpus upmarket• I was surprised when I saw her apartment - I'd have expected a lawyer to have something a little more upmarket.• Certainly it is much more than an upmarket beauty treatment, as some would have us believe.• Forte is expected to convert the Sterling, its first hotel at Gatwick, to its upmarket Crest brand.• He goes back to buy the upmarket, hand-made works of art.• His first collaboration began when he was invited to invest in an upmarket Roux Brothers establishment.• As it is, Siren is doing well with advertisers chasing young, upmarket spenders.• An £800,000 loss at upmarket wallpaper group Osborne & Little left its shares unchanged at 66p. move/go upmarket• But more than that, all the goods, and especially the innumerable varieties of herring, have gone upmarket.• To be placed on a planet was to move upmarket.• The move upmarket has brought with it a character change.• Q: If Johnson Brothers moves upmarket, will it not encroach on Wedgwood mid-priced markets? From Longman Business Dictionary upmarketup·mar·ket1 /ˌʌpˈmɑːkət◂-ɑːr-/ (also up-scale American EnglishAmE) adjectiveadjMARKETING involving goods and services that are expensive and perhaps of good quality compared to other goods etc of the same type, or the people that buy them an upmarket ski resort an upscale family car upmarketupmarket2 (also up-scale American EnglishAmE) adverbadv 1go/move upmarket/upscale to start buying or selling more expensive goods or services The travel operator is trying to lose its cheap image and move upmarket with more exotic destinations. 2take something upmarket/upscale to change a product or a service, or people’s ideas about it, so that it is or seems to be more expensive and of better quality He took the retailer upmarket, adding European designer clothing to its range. |
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