gear up

英 [ɡɪə(r) ʌp]

美 [ɡɪr ʌp]

为…做准备; 为做…做好了准备

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 为…作准备/ 为…作好了准备
  If someoneis gearing up fora particular activity, they are preparing to do it. If theyare geared up todo a particular activity, they are prepared to do it.
  1. ...another indication that the Government is gearing up for an election...
     政府正准备进行选举的另一个迹象
  2. The factory was geared up to make 1,100 cars a day.
     工厂已经可以日产1,100辆车。

英英释义

verb

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  1. Get the children ready for school!
  2. prepare for war
  3. I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
  Synonym:fixprepareset upreadyset

双语例句

• Some brokers had a policy of covering client losses beyond their deposit in the short term, thus allowing customers to gear up their accounts.
  一些经纪商采用的方法是在短期内弥补客户在其存款之外的亏损，从而让客户加速其账户的交易。
• Many farmers are not increasing output because they are not equipped to gear up production or because market distortions mean they do not benefit from higher food prices.
  许多农民没有增加产出，是因为他们没有提高产量所需的设备，或者是市场扭曲让他们无法从食品价格上涨中获益。
• This ability to borrow money, or gear up, is seen as an advantage that investment trusts have over similar savings vehicles, such as unit trusts, as it can allow them to take greater advantage of investment opportunities.
  这种借钱的能力，又称杠杆融资，被看成是投资信托相对于类似的储蓄工具拥有的一种优势，因为它可以更好地使前者利用投资机会，如单位信托基金。
• We need to pick up the speed a little bit. We're losing him. Come on. We'd better gear up, or we'll be late.
  我们得开快一点。我们快跟不上他了。快！开快点儿，不然要迟到了。
• He had to get off the water and into some faster transport as soon as possible. When you are going fast enough, you'll be able to gear up.
  他必须尽快脱离水路，改换速度更快的交通工具。你把车速加快到一定程度就可以换快档。
• If railway executives fail to gear up, private-equity firms may well do it for them.
  如果铁路行政部门没能够准备就绪，那些私有普通股份公司会帮助他们的。
• They accordingly allowed banks to gear up their balance-sheets to a greater extent than before.
  于是他们允许银行扩大资产负债表。
• With plenty of cheap money available, especially for stable utility businesses with predictable returns, investors have been urging companies to gear up to enhance their earnings.
  由于有大量廉价资金可用，特别是对于回报可预期的稳定的公用事业业务，投资者一直敦促企业加大举债力度，以提高盈利。
• Come on. we'd better gear up, or we'll be late.
  快！开快点儿，不然要迟到了。
• So the local authorities are focusing on stretching the vegetable production all over a year, which would provide a stable supply of waste that can gear up the processing industry.
  所以当地政府正致力于将蔬菜生产扩展至全年，这样就可以提供稳定的蔬菜废弃物供应，促进加工产业的发展。