upshift
verb [ I ] uk/ˈʌp.ʃɪft/ us/ˈʌp.ʃɪft/
(WAY OF LIVING)
UK工作提档(增加工作时间以增加收入);工作升格(提高工作档次,增加收入)
to spend more time working and earning money, or to get a job that is better paid and more difficult
You may eye the wealth and success of your former workmates and yearn to upshift again. 你可能瞅着以前同事的财富成就眼红,也很想再提升一下工作档次。
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- About 41,000 people will downshift, but the number of people choosing to upshift will be roughly the same.
- These young people haven't upshifted enough to be able to downshift.
- Downshifters want to slow down at work so that they can upshift in other areas of their lives.
See: upshifter
Compare: downshift