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

• Fears of a possible faltering of the recovery forced the government to step up stimulus spending.
  对经济复苏可能步履维艰的恐惧，迫使政府加大了刺激性支出的力度。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her new job is a big step up for her.
  新工作对她来讲是上了很大的一个台阶。
• Shake it off and take a step up.
  抖掉身上的土，向上走一步。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。