jack up

英 [dʒæk ʌp]

美 [dʒæk ʌp]

用千斤顶托起（汽车等）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 用千斤顶托起（汽车等）
  If youjack upa heavy object such as a car, you raise it off the ground using a jack.
  1. They jacked up the car...
     他们用千斤顶托起了汽车。
  2. All I had to do was jack the car up and put on the spare.
     我要做的就是用千斤顶把汽车托起来，再把备胎换上。
• PHRASAL VERB 不合理地抬高，哄抬（价格）；大幅度增加（数量）
  Tojack upthe price or amount of something means to increase it to an unreasonable or unacceptable level.
  1. The plan would cost so much that the company would have to jack up its prices...
     这一计划耗资巨大，公司将不得不大幅度提高价格。
  2. Inflation has jacked up the rate of unemployment.
     通货膨胀导致了失业率的大幅攀升。

英英释义

verb

• lift with a special device
  1. jack up the car so you can change the tire
  Synonym:jack

双语例句

• They jack up their prices in the tourist season.
  在旅游季节他们高抬价格。
• All I had to do was jack the car up and put on the spare.
  我要做的就是用千斤顶把汽车托起来，再把备胎换上。
• While at& T argues that the merger will expand cell phone service for customers, government officials are concerned that the deal will jack up cell phone costs.
  尽管AT&T认为，此次并购将扩大手机服务范围，但政府官员担心此项交易一旦达成，将会导致手机使用成本上升。
• Some stores jack up the price.
  有些商店抬高价格。
• Workers often jack up a car to change a tyre.
  工人经常用起重机架起汽车换轮胎。
• Some major publishers jack up the price libraries pay for e-books compared to what they charge the public.
  相较于公开售价，一些大出版商有意抬高图书馆购买电子书的价格。
• The tests, prompted by the discovery that a Chinese subcontractor had used toxic lead paint in some of Mattel's toys, promise to jack up costs in an industry in which margins are already razor-thin.
  客户要求进行测试的起因是，人们发现一家中国转包商在美泰的一些玩具中使用了有毒的含铅油漆。这些测试肯定会增加利润已经极其微薄的玩具行业的成本。
• You cannot get in your car with the jack up like that.
  千斤顶这样放着你根本进不了车，会掉下来的！
• In the budget the chancellor is bound to jack up the price of cigarettes.
  在预算中，该大臣必然要提高香烟的价格。
• You need to jack up the car before you try to remove the wheel.
  你得先把汽车顶起来，然后设法拆轮子。