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

• 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。
• First of all, we need to pump up the balloons.
  首先，我们必须将汽球充气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These quantitative easing programmes a way to pump up the economy when cutting official interest rates is not enough have helped lower long-term interest rates.
  这些定量宽松计划帮助降低了长期利率。当下调官方利率不足以提振经济时，定量宽松计划成为提振经济的一种手段。
• 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。