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

• He tried to pump up a poem.
  他绞尽脑汁想挤出一首诗来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Pump up the tires hard before going out on the road.
  上路之前先把轮胎打足了气。
• Forget bonuses and incentives& what would really pump up the pulse of worker productivity is a nice afternoon nap.
  别去想奖金和激励手段了&真正能提高员工效率的是一个香甜的午觉。
• 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。
• I tried to pump up my back tyre.
  我试图给后胎打气。
• 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。
• 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。