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 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。
• They have cut prices in an attempt to pump up sales.
  他们降低了售价，试图通过此来促进销售量大幅增长。
• 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。
• First of all, we need to pump up the balloons.
  首先，我们必须将汽球充气。
• 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。
• You need to pump up that tyre.
  你需要给那个轮胎充气。
• Ben Bernanke may have to pump up the shadow banking system in order to stop manipulating the bond market.
  或许本•伯南克只能选择让影子银行体系膨胀，才能终止对债券市场的操纵。
• 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。
• 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。
• All of these can pump up your attitude.
  这些都会让你的态度变得积极。