rev up

英 [rev ʌp]

美 [rev ʌp]

（使）加快转速; （使）加速

柯林斯词典

• → see:rev 1
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)更激烈;(使)更活跃
  If yourevsomethingup, or if itrevs up, it becomes more intense or more active.
  1. The temptation to rev up the arms race with high-tech weapons is especially dangerous...
     通过研发高科技武器加速军备竞赛的诱惑尤其危险。
  2. Now he plans to rev up publicity with a regional media campaign.
     现在他准备通过开展地区性的媒体活动加大宣传力度。

英英释义

verb

• increase the number of rotations per minute
  1. rev up an engine
  Synonym:rev
• speed up
  1. let's rev up production
  Synonym:step up

双语例句

• It turns out that nicotine can rev up brain cells that normally signal people to stop eating when they're full, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
  《科学》杂志在周五刊登了研究者的发现：原来尼古丁能够让大脑细胞加速运转，通常这样会让大脑发出信号，让人们在吃饱的时候不再进食。
• He's noticed that some workers tend to sleep poorly on Sunday night, feeling wired as they rev up for the week or rehearsing the next day's agenda in their heads.
  他注意到，一些职场人士往往在周日晚上睡得不好，亢奋地思虑一周的事情或是在脑子里演练第二天的日程。
• It is far from clear that any huge temporary fiscal stimulus will rev up the engine enough to achieve self-sustaining growth.
  采取大规模临时性财政刺激，能否对经济产生足够的提振、使之实现自我维持的增长，这一点还远没有定论。
• But many people already living in cities fear China's massive rural population which makes up nearly half of the country's 1.3 billion total population will strain schools and hospitals and rev up competition for services.
  但很多已经住在城市的人担心，中国大量农村人口会让学校和医院人满为患，让各项服务的竞争越来越激烈。中国目前人口总数为13亿，其中近一半为农村人口。
• We are social animals, and interactions always rev us up.
  我们是社会性动物，互动总是使我们更有生气。
• Stay away from stimulating or self-help books though; they rev up your brain.
  远离那些激励的书籍和自主手册，因为它们会让你的大脑再度工作起来。
• In the first place you must rev it up to warm the engine.
  首先你必须让发动机转起来预热。
• The factory will have to rev up production to stay level with demand.
  工厂将不得不增产以满足需求。
• Aerobic exercise may not build big muscles, but it can rev up your metabolism in the hours after a workout.
  有氧运动虽然不能塑造大肌肉群，但能提高运动后几个小时内的代谢速度。
• Make it a healthy bite to really rev up your mood and energy.
  让它成为一个健康的品尝过程，能真正振奋你的情绪，给你加满能量。