work up

英 [wɜːk ʌp]

美 [wɜːrk ʌp]

使（自己）心烦意乱（或气愤）; 激发（热情）; 鼓起（勇气）; 使自己出（汗）; 激起（食欲）; 准备，撰写（文章等）

柯林斯词典

• See also:She worked herself up into a bit of a state...Don't just lie there working yourself up, do something about it.worked up
• PHRASAL VERB 激发(热情）;鼓起（勇气)
  If youwork upthe enthusiasm or courage to do something, you succeed in making yourself feel it.
  1. Your creative talents can also be put to good use, if you can work up the energy...
     如果你能让自己精力充沛起来，你的创作才能也能得到很好的发挥。
  2. Malcolm worked up the nerve to ask Grandma Rose for some help.
     马尔科姆鼓起勇气请罗丝奶奶帮点忙。
• PHRASAL VERB 使自己出(汗);激起(食欲)
  If youwork upa sweat or an appetite, you make yourself sweaty or hungry by doing exercise or hard work.
  1. You can really work up a sweat doing housework...
     做家务真的会让人大汗淋漓。
  2. It was around seven when I finished at the library. I wasn't hungry, but I'd worked up a thirst.
     我从图书馆出来时大约是7点。我不饿，但是觉得口渴。
• PHRASAL VERB 准备，撰写(文章等)
  If youwork upsomething such as a piece of writing, you spend time and effort preparing it.
  1. I sketched the layout of a prototype store and worked up a business plan...
     我画出店的布局草图，拟订了一份商业计划。
  2. They asked me to work up some sample drawings and bring them down.
     他们请我画一些样图带过去。

英英释义

verb

• develop
  1. we worked up an as of an appetite
  Synonym:get up
• come up with
  1. His colleagues worked out his interesting idea
  2. We worked up an ad for our client
  Synonym:work out
• form or accumulate steadily
  1. Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
  2. Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border
  Synonym:build upbuildprogress
• bolster or strengthen
  1. We worked up courage
  2. build up confidence
  3. ramp up security in the airports
  Synonym:build upbuildramp up

双语例句

• You may want to begin simply and then work up to more complex configurations.
  可以从简单的开始，然后逐渐进行复杂的配置。
• I frown at the page and try to work up my nerve, annoyed with my mother and National Geographic for reminding me how lucky I am.
  对着这页纸皱着眉头，我努力克服自己的紧张心理，同时非常恼火妈妈和《国家地理》，他们总是提醒我我有多幸运。
• It took the company some years to work up so good a market.
  公司经营了几年终于发展起了这么好的市场。
• Despite all his efforts, he could not work up any enthusiasm for the scheme.
  尽管他做了很大的努力，他仍然未能激起支持这一计划的热情。
• You will learn a new skill and work up a sweat at the same time.
  这样的话，你在辛勤流汗的同时也学会了一项新技能。
• This medicine will work up an appetite.
  这种药有开胃作用。
• I am trying to work up influence with the department.
  我正在想办法对部里的人施加点影响。
• Malcolm worked up the nerve to ask Grandma Rose for some help.
  马尔科姆鼓起勇气请罗丝奶奶帮点忙。
• Break your work up into chunks.
  把你的工作分为几小块。
• You need to work up an appetite first, then well go to the buffet.
  你得先让自己饿得饥肠辘辘，然后我们再去吃自助餐。