pump up

英 [pʌmp ʌp]

美 [pʌmp ʌp]

用泵（或气筒）给…打气

化学

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 用泵（或气筒）给…打气
  If youpump upsomething such as a tyre, you fill it with air using a pump.
  1. I tried to pump up my back tyre.
     我试图给后胎打气。
• PHRASAL VERB （尤指通过自我心理暗示）给自己打气，自我鼓励
  If youpump yourself up forsomething, you prepare yourself for it mentally, especially by telling yourself that you can succeed.
  1. They find it difficult to pump themselves up for the games.
     他们感到要为自己加油打气，自信满满地去打比赛并不容易。

双语例句

• But you can pump up your willpower or trick it into helping you spend less.
  但是你可以发挥你的意志力或哄骗它帮你节省开支。
• Amid intensifying competition, Honda has faced pressure to pump up incentives, which increase sales but erode profits and hurt models 'resale values.
  随着市场竞争不断加剧，本田面临着采取促销举措的压力，这种做法虽然提高了销量，但却侵蚀了利润，同时影响了车型的转售价格。
• I kind of want to pump up my profile a little bit.
  我想要你多报道点关于我的内容。
• Ben Bernanke may have to pump up the shadow banking system in order to stop manipulating the bond market.
  或许本•伯南克只能选择让影子银行体系膨胀，才能终止对债券市场的操纵。
• There they were told to strip naked, jumpsintosa freezing lake and pump up rugby balls underwater.
  在那里，训练者要求队员脱得一丝不挂，跳进冰冷的湖中，在水下给橄榄球打气。
• The legs that are too short for track and hurdles can pump up and down, carrying him around those bases faster than you can see.
  他的一双腿太短，不适合赛跑和跨栏，但却能像唧筒似地上下运动，带着他飞快地踏垒，快得让你都来不及看。
• Then the bar can pump up the oscillations like a parent pushing a child on a swing.
  如此一来，棒子会像父母推动小孩的秋千般，提升恒星振荡。
• Forget bonuses and incentives& what would really pump up the pulse of worker productivity is a nice afternoon nap.
  别去想奖金和激励手段了&真正能提高员工效率的是一个香甜的午觉。
• The government has budgeted more than$ 23 billion since November to pump up the economy.
  韩国政府从去年11月以来为刺激经济制定了230亿美元的预算拨款。
• Protein-rich snacks like yogurt can even pump up your probability for ditching the pounds.
  像酸奶这样富含蛋白质的零食甚至能帮助人减重。