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

• Will people step up ahead of the shift?
  人们会在极移之前加紧（领袖选举）吗？
• 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。
• I want to step up my English level, but it's too tough.
  我想提高我的英语水平，但是太不容易了。
• 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。
• Now that you have mastered these two basic exercises, you're ready to step up your game.
  现在你已经掌握了这两种基本的锻炼，你可以加强你的游戏。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。