up the ante

/ʌp ði ˈænti/· idiom

财经/商业B2

up the ante
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Chinese meaning

加jiā大dà赌dǔ注zhù,升shēng级jí竞jìng争zhēng

提tí高gāo赌dǔ注zhù,把bǎ局jú面miàn升shēng级jí

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Meta 推tuī出chū更gèng轻qīng的de VR 眼yǎn镜jìng,加jiā码mǎ与yǔ苹píng果guǒ竞jìng争zhēng

Example

Meta and Apple are fierce rivals, and on Wednesday, the Facebook creator upped the ante by announcing new lightweight virtual reality glasses that make Apple’s Vision Pro headset look like bulky old tech.

Meta 和hé苹píng果guǒ是shì死sǐ对duì头tou,周zhōu三sān这zhè家jiā Facebook 的de创chuàng造zào者zhě宣xuān布bù推tuī出chū新xīn款kuǎn轻qīng量liàng级jí VR 眼yǎn镜jìng,加jiā大dà了le赌dǔ注zhù,让ràng苹píng果guǒ的de Vision Pro 头tóu显xiǎn显xiǎn得de像xiàng笨bèn重zhòng的de老lǎo式shì科kē技jì产chǎn品pǐn。

Source: Fortune · 24 Sep 2026

Background ✎

Meta 在zài年nián度dù Connect 大dà会huì上shàng发fā布bù了le新xīn的de轻qīng量liàng级jí VR 眼yǎn镜jìng,叫jiào Meta VR Glasses,重zhòng量liàng约yuē 100 克kè,定dìng价jià 1299 美měi元yuán,预yù计jì 2027 年nián春chūn季jì发fā货huò。

Roots · etymology

ante 借自拉丁语 ante(在…之前),指扑克发牌前先下的底注;up the ante 源于 19 世纪美国扑克用语,后来引申为加码、升级

  • ante(扑克开局前先下的赌注)+ up(提高)

Collocations

  • up the ante on / really up the ante / up the ante in a dispute

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