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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pump up the tires hard before going out on the road.
  上路之前先把轮胎打足了气。
• They believe what would really pump up the pulse of worker productivity is a nice afternoon nap, rather than those bonuses and incentives.
  他们相信真正能够提高工人生产积极性的是一个很好的午间小睡而不是那些奖金和鼓励。
• 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 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。
• Which means we're really gonna have to pump up production.
  那是说我们有更多的活干了。
• Policymakers, banking on sustained lower inflation, are now seeking to pump up growth.
  指望通胀持续走低的决策者们，目前正试图推动经济增长。
• 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。