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词汇 dial-up
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dial something up


phrasal verb with dialverb[ I or T ]uk /ˈdaɪ.əl/ us /ˈdaɪ.əl/-ll- or US usually-l-
informal
to make something more forceful or extreme:
With talks at a standstill, each side had dialled up the rhetoric.
Hurricane Ivan dialled up its ferocity as it squeezed through the narrow channel that separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico.
The new test will only dial up the stress factor.
The two teams dialed up the intensity in anticipation of a potential playoff matchup.
By dialing up the financial pressure, the company will be forced to answer difficult questions.
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accumulate
accumulative
accumulatively
add fuel to the fireidiom
blaze
fade
go up
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growingly
heighten
hot up
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mushroom
ratchet something up/down
re-escalate
re-escalation
reach a crescendo
redouble
stake

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Becoming and making stronger
dial-up
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˈdaɪ.əl.ʌp/ us /ˈdaɪ.əl.ʌp/
Dial-up computer systems, devices, and internet services use a phone line to connect them: (计算机)拨号上网的
a dial-up connection拨号接入
dial-up access/networking拨号上网
a dial-up account/modem拨号账户/调制解调器
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dial up | Business English


dial up


phrasal verb with dialverb[ I or T ]uk /daɪəl/usUK-ll- | US-l-
[ I or T ] COMMUNICATIONS
to call a telephone number:
I dialled up the answering service and found two messages.
Someone had found his office number on an internet phone directory and dialed him up.
[ I or T ] INTERNET, COMMUNICATIONS
to connect to a network or to the internet using a dial-up modem:
The broadband connection is always on, so there's no need to dial up any more.
dial-up
adjective
uk /ˈdaɪəlʌp/us( alsodial-in)
COMMUNICATIONS, INTERNET
using a phone line rather than a cable or wireless connection:
dial-up modem/connection
dial-up networking
You will need a computer with internet access, either dial-up or broadband.

Examples of dial something up


dial something up
Malaysian users, on the other hand, gain their primary access via dial-up (presumably personal account) connections.
Another point that was made to me is that it is a dial-up problem and not an internet problem.
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This amendment sets no more than the most basic minimum criteria that anyone could possibly think of for some form of on-line, dial-up system.
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A broadband connection can carry 10 times more information than a narrow-band (dial-up) connection.
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That is an option, but for most users in most households, who are still using a dial-up connection, it is quite unsatisfactory.
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At present, most consumers access the internet through dial-up services—so-called narrowband access.
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Its accelerated dial-up made use of caching and compression, which allowed a user on a dial-up connection to surf quicker.
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It allowed remote access to a computer via dial-up modem connection.
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Students are able to connect remotely to the school network through a dial-up connection for two hours each evening.
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Older units were only able to accomplish this download via a dial-up connection.
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Unlike dial-up connections, a leased line is always active.
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In the mid-1990s, numerous universities provided dial-up shell accounts (to their faculty, staff, and students).
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If one customer is using dial-up, it will jam the line for all other customers of the same party line.
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The website indicates that a dial-up modem will be functional but that broadband is recommended for a better experience.
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One such technique involves the monitoring of the lights on a dial-up modem.
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