step up

英 [step ʌp]

美 [step ʌp]

增加（数量）; 提高（速度、强度等）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 增加(数量等);提高(速度、强度等)
  If youstep upsomething, you increase it or increase its intensity.
  1. He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to Somalia...
     他敦促各捐赠方加快速度将援助物资送往索马里。
  2. Security is being stepped up to deal with the increase in violence...
     正在加强安保工作以应对日益增多的暴力活动。
  3. There are reports of stepped-up fighting in El Salvador.
     有报道称萨尔瓦多的战斗已经升级。

英英释义

verb

• increase in extent or intensity
  1. The Allies escalated the bombing
  Synonym:escalateintensify
• speed up
  1. let's rev up production
  Synonym:rev up
• make oneself visible
  1. Young people should step to the fore and help their peers
  Synonym:come to the forestep forwardcome forwardstep to the forecome out

双语例句

• Government reforms to gas pricing models for exploration and production companies have encouraged them to step up their activities.
  政府对勘探及生产企业天然气定价模式的改革，鼓励了这些企业加紧勘探及生产活动。
• Shake it off and take a step up.
  抖掉身上的土，向上走一步。
• People think I'm French or James Dean, which is a step up for me.
  人们认为我是法国人或者是詹姆斯，迪恩，这对我来说是提高我了。
• The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the region.
  会议以承诺加快这一地区六国间的合作而结束。
• Rich governments and donors need to step up.
  富有的政府和捐赠者需要加快脚步。
• But imagine that she should step up and down the two floors of steep stairs everyday.
  想像一下，她每天要上下两个楼层陡峭的楼梯。
• We should further promote dialogue and reconciliation and step up the solution of regional hot issues.
  我们要进一步促进对话与和解，推动地区热点问题的解决。
• One by one, member countries are announcing plans to step up their commitment.
  北约成员国一个接一个地宣布计划加强它们对阿富汗行动的承诺。
• But different players step up – maybe it is not one player but we share the responsibility.
  但不同的球员站了出来&也许无法一对一的顶替，但我们分担了责任。
• I was to step up front and center to help you out.
  我来中心是要帮助你的。