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

• In the course of the second half of the year, the economy should then step up a gear.
  在今年下半年中，欧元区经济增速将上一个台阶。
• We should further promote dialogue and reconciliation and step up the solution of regional hot issues.
  我们要进一步促进对话与和解，推动地区热点问题的解决。
• 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。
• But imagine that she should step up and down the two floors of steep stairs everyday.
  想像一下，她每天要上下两个楼层陡峭的楼梯。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was to step up front and center to help you out.
  我来中心是要帮助你的。
• 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。
• The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the region.
  会议以承诺加快这一地区六国间的合作而结束。
• We should also step up strategic dialogues and consultations to deepen understanding, expand common ground and promote cooperation.
  我们也应该加强战略性对话和磋商，以加深了解、扩大共识、促进合作。