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

• 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。
• Deming also had the foresight to pump up exploration and solidify the retail business.
  戴明的远见卓识使公司得以加强勘探并巩固了零售业务。
• 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。
• The inescapable fact, however, is that one day the water is going to run out or become too expensive to pump up.
  然而，不可避免的事实是某一天水将会被用光，或者用泵取水将变得十分昂贵。
• It allows you to jump between playlists, browse artists and pump up the volume.
  它可以让你在播放列表之间选择、浏览艺术家以及调节音量。
• 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。
• They have cut prices in an attempt to pump up sales.
  他们降低了售价，试图通过此来促进销售量大幅增长。
• 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。
• He tried to pump up a poem.
  他绞尽脑汁想挤出一首诗来。
• During my visits to China, I have seen first-hand the ingenuity of your people, and together we can demonstrate how green technology can protect our natural resources and pump up our economies.
  在访华期间，我对中国人民的聪明才智有了切身体会。通过共同的努力，我们可以展现绿色技术如何帮助我们保护自然资源和促进经济增长。