uplift

英 [ˈʌplɪft , ˌʌpˈlɪft]

美 [ˈʌplɪft , ˌʌpˈlɪft]

n.  提高; 抬高; 增长; 增加; 振奋; 鼓舞; (地壳的)隆起，上升
v.  鼓励; 激励; 使振奋

复数：uplifts　过去式：uplifted　过去分词：uplifted　第三人称单数：uplifts　现在分词：uplifting　

TEM8

BNC.12721 / COCA.17108

牛津词典

noun

• 提高；抬高；增长；增加
  the fact of sth being raised or of sth increasing
  1. an uplift in sales
     销售的增长
  2. an uplift bra (= that raises the breasts)
     挺高式乳罩
• 振奋；鼓舞
  a feeling of hope and happiness
  1. The news gave them a much needed uplift.
     这消息给他们带来了及时的鼓舞。
• （地壳的）隆起，上升
  the process or result of land being moved to a higher level by movements inside the earth

verb

• 鼓励；激励；使振奋
  to make sb feel happier or give sb more hope

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /ʌp'lɪft/. The noun is pronounced /'ʌplɪft/. 动词读作/ʌp'lɪft/，名词读作/'ʌplɪft/。


• VERB 使振奋；提升
  If somethingupliftspeople, it helps them to have a better life, for example by making them feel happy or by improving their social conditions.
  1. We need a little something to help sometimes, to uplift us and make us feel better...
     有时候，我们需要一些小东西来激励自己，使自己感觉更好。
  2. Art was created to uplift the mind and the spirit.
     艺术创作旨在陶冶情操。
  3. Upliftis also a noun.
     
  4. This victory was a massive uplift for us.
     这个胜利对我们来说是巨大的鼓舞。
• N-COUNT 上扬；上涨；增长
  In economics, anupliftin something such as the price of shares is an increase in their value.
  1. ...an uplift in the stock market...
     股市上涨
  2. Its shares were down across the first quarter, but are now showing a 20 per cent uplift.
     它的股票在第一季度陷入低迷，但现在累计已有20%的涨幅。

英英释义

noun

• a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
• (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
  Synonym:upheavalupthrowupthrust

verb

• fill with high spirits
  1. Music can uplift your spirits
  Synonym:elatelift uppick upintoxicate
• lift up or elevate
• lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
  1. the earth's movement uplifted this part of town

双语例句

• There has been an intermittent uplift of the land and subsidence of the sea going on.
  陆地上升和海洋下沉一直在间歇地进行。
• We need a little something to help sometimes, to uplift us and make us feel better
  有时候，我们需要一些小东西来激励自己，使自己感觉更好。
• Its shares were down across the first quarter, but are now showing a 20 per cent uplift.
  它的股票在第一季度陷入低迷，但现在累计已有20%的涨幅。
• The fundamental goal of economic development is to uplift the living standards and quality of life of the people.
  发展经济的根本目的是提高全国人民的生活水平和质量。
• As a result of eastern and southern ancient uplift and formation fold, the landscape of mountain formation.
  东部和南部因古老地层褶皱而隆起，形成山地地貌。
• XRD analysis of the Banxi Group slate in the northern Xuefeng Uplift suggest a lower greenschist facies metamorphism.
  雪峰隆起北部板溪群板岩伊利石X射线衍射分析显示其经历了低绿片岩相区域变质作用。
• Mountains work on the human unconscious with their powers of uplift.
  高山对于人类的无意识有高耸仰止的力量。
• Therefore, Erboliang and Lenghu tectonic belt belong to uplift belt over depression belt.
  鄂博梁构造带与冷湖构造带属于“凹”上“隆”；
• During this strike-slip faulting, large-scale intrusion and doming uplift happened in the eastern part of the Dabie Mountains.
  在这期断裂带左行平移的同时，大别造山带东段出现了大规模的岩浆侵入及穹状隆升。
• The uplift concomitance with strike-slip faults is consequent on restraining bend in plate oblique collision.
  在板块斜向碰撞中，与走滑断层相伴生的隆升是弯曲挤压的必然结果。