brush up

英 [brʌʃ ʌp]

美 [brʌʃ ʌp]

重温; 复习

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柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 重温；复习
  If youbrush upsomething orbrush up onit, you practise it or improve your knowledge of it.
  1. I had hoped to brush up my Spanish...
     我曾打算好好温习一下我的西班牙语。
  2. Eleanor spent much of the summer brushing up on her driving.
     埃莉诺这个夏天大部分时间都在练习驾驶技术。

英英释义

verb

• bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
  1. polish your social manners
  Synonym:polishroundround offpolish up
• refresh one's memory
  1. I reviewed the material before the test
  Synonym:reviewrefresh

双语例句

• I hadn't thought that we would brush up against so much opposition in this town.
  我未曾想到在这个镇上会遇到这么多反对。
• I really need to brush up on my french.
  我确实需要提高我的法语水平。
• Brush up my shoes, please.
  请帮我把鞋擦干净。
• Jack can't go with you because he needs to brush up on his notes.
  杰克不能同你一块儿去，因为他需要温习笔记。
• I took a class to brush up my German before the trip.
  我在旅行前去听课来提高我的德语水平。
• I'll have to brush up on my French if Jean-Luc is coming to stay.
  如果记吕克来小住的话，我得重温一下我的法语。
• Are your skills obsolete? Take extra classes to brush up the latest skills.
  你的技能过时了吗？参加培训来更新你的技能。
• If you're going to the United States, you'd better brush up on your English.
  如果你要去美国，你最好先复习一下你的英文。
• I have to brush up on my English.
  我不能去。我得温习英语。
• Teaching, I sometimes brush up against good questions.
  在教学过程中，我有时会碰上些好问题。