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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some more good results will further pump up everything and will show the potential that the team has.
  未来更多的好成绩会对所有事产生鼓励作用，那将展示出车队的潜力。
• 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。
• He tried to pump up a poem.
  他绞尽脑汁想挤出一首诗来。