up-to-date

ˌup-to-ˈdate, up to date adjectiveadj

1 RECENTLYincluding all the latest information 包含最新信息的 OPP out-of-date

up-to-date information/data/figures/news etc

They have access to up-to-date information through a computer database.

他们可以通过计算机数据库获得最新信息。

keep/bring somebody up to date (=to give someone all the newest information about something) 给某人提供全部最新信息

Our magazine will keep you up to date with fashion.

我们的杂志可以让你即时掌握最新的时尚资讯。

2 MODERNmodern or fashionable 新式的；时髦的 OPP out-of-date

up-to-date equipment/facilities/technology etc

up-to-date kitchen equipment

新式的厨房设施

keep/bring something up to date (=to make something more modern) 更新某事物

The old system should be brought up to date.

旧系统必须更新。

► see thesaurus at modern

Examples from the Corpus

up-to-date• This understanding needs to be informed, up-to-date and backed by first-hand experience, not based on hearsay or second-hand impressions.• This book is the most up-to-date and comprehensive volume on the whole region.• The hospital has the most up-to-date equipment in Europe.• a more up-to-date hairstyle• The Dogon were almost certainly visited late in the nineteenth century by missionaries who were up-to-date in terms of modern science.• Foreign embassies or consulates in the United States can provide up-to-date information on their countries.• Your own doctor or nearest family planning clinic will be able to give you up-to-date information on this.• There are excellent review articles in, for example, Advances in Polymer Science, which provide up-to-date information.• Is this map up-to-date? It doesn't seem to show the new road.• Find out about computers before you buy one by reading everything up-to-date that you can get your hands on.• up-to-date training methods• up-to-date travel information• Our super results and fixtures service will keep you up-to-date with all the action.

up-to-date information/data/figures/news etc• Full and part-time courses are continually running so call for up-to-date information.• The government may change the grants available, so it is essential to obtain up-to-date information.• There are excellent review articles in, for example, Advances in Polymer Science, which provide up-to-date information.• Mute Swans are fairly widely distributed breeding birds in Sussex, but little up-to-date information about numbers is available.• The ward sister has up-to-date information, for example, the social worker's reports or changes in treatment.• Your own doctor or nearest family planning clinic will be able to give you up-to-date information on this.• The most up-to-date figures present a less black picture than was thought to be the case at the time.• Whatever the method, it is vital to keep accurate, up-to-date figures so that the retailer can maintain the ideal stock level.

up-to-date equipment/facilities/technology etc• Inside is yet more up-to-date technology.• Nevertheless, up-to-date facilities for inmates should also help staff.

From Longman Business Dictionary

up-to-dateˌup-to-ˈdate (also up to date) adjectiveadj

1modern or fashionable

the most up-to-date equipment

There is a $400 million investment program to bring the company’s plants up-to-date.

2including all the newest information

The database includes up-to-date information on 50 key industries.

Our clients are always kept up to date on (=told the latest information about) costs.

ˌup-to-ˈdate adjectiveadj

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