beef up

英 [biːf ʌp]

美 [biːf ʌp]

增加; 加强; 改进; 提高

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 改善；加强；改进；提高
  If youbeef upsomething, you increase, strengthen, or improve it.
  1. ...a campaign to beef up security...
     加强安全的运动
  2. Both sides are still beefing up their military strength.
     双方仍在增强各自的军事力量。
  3. ...a beefed up police presence.
     有所增强的警力

英英释义

verb

• make strong or stronger
  1. This exercise will strengthen your upper body
  2. strengthen the relations between the two countries
  Synonym:strengthenfortify

双语例句

• There are three main areas where the company has faltered – or is still under-invested – and may want to beef up: social, payments and cloud services.
  谷歌蹒跚不前、投资不足和希望充实的三个主要领域分别是：社交网络、支付业务和云服务。
• They decided to beef up the baseball pitching staff by getting new men.
  他们决定征选新人，来增强棒球队的投手群。
• I think I can beef up the reception a bit.
  我要增强一下信号接收。
• They'll have to beef up their defences.
  他们必须强化他们的辩词。
• We should beef up economic and technical cooperation, advance regional trade and investment liberalization, and narrow the development gap among member economies to promote common prosperity.
  我们要加强经济技术合作，推动区域贸易和投资自由化，缩小成员间发展差距，实现共同繁荣。
• It was unclear what steps Beijing planned to take to beef up its internet security.
  目前还不清楚中国方面计划采取哪些步骤来加强互联网安全。
• You could beef up a little bit, huh?
  你可以更加强壮，哈？
• Banks will also be required to beef up their risk management practices.
  该计划还将要求各银行加强其风险管理措施。
• In the future I would love to beef up my sales experience.
  以后我希望能增加自己的销售经验。
• We must beef up the army with new young people.
  我们必须招募年轻的新兵以强化军队。