step up

英 [step ʌp]

美 [step ʌp]

增加（数量）; 提高（速度、强度等）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 增加(数量等);提高(速度、强度等)
  If youstep upsomething, you increase it or increase its intensity.
  1. He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to Somalia...
     他敦促各捐赠方加快速度将援助物资送往索马里。
  2. Security is being stepped up to deal with the increase in violence...
     正在加强安保工作以应对日益增多的暴力活动。
  3. There are reports of stepped-up fighting in El Salvador.
     有报道称萨尔瓦多的战斗已经升级。

英英释义

verb

• increase in extent or intensity
  1. The Allies escalated the bombing
  Synonym:escalateintensify
• speed up
  1. let's rev up production
  Synonym:rev up
• make oneself visible
  1. Young people should step to the fore and help their peers
  Synonym:come to the forestep forwardcome forwardstep to the forecome out

双语例句

• Rich governments and donors need to step up.
  富有的政府和捐赠者需要加快脚步。
• One will help Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and India step up enforcement.
  一个将帮助不丹、孟加拉、尼泊尔和印度加强实施工作。
• We should step up worldwide energy dialogue and cooperation, jointly maintain energy security and energy market stability.
  应该加强全球能源对话和合作，共同维护能源安全和能源市场稳定；
• I step up the breathing rate& timing the contraction and relaxation of chest muscles.
  我增加呼吸率&调节胸部肌肉的收缩和舒张的速率。
• Government reforms to gas pricing models for exploration and production companies have encouraged them to step up their activities.
  政府对勘探及生产企业天然气定价模式的改革，鼓励了这些企业加紧勘探及生产活动。
• People think I'm French or James Dean, which is a step up for me.
  人们认为我是法国人或者是詹姆斯，迪恩，这对我来说是提高我了。
• Will people step up ahead of the shift?
  人们会在极移之前加紧（领袖选举）吗？
• When your time comes, you either step up or you look for a new career.
  你的时机来了，你可以进入高层，或者开始一段新生活。
• They should step up exchanges and cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.
  他们应该加强交流与合作的基础上，平等和互利。
• I was to step up front and center to help you out.
  我来中心是要帮助你的。