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？
• I evaluate all this and start sending out impulses to step up production of gastric juices and saliva.
  我核计了这一切，开始传出搏动以加快生产胃液和唾液。
• 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。
• Step up double cropping and livestock-crop integration.
  增加套种和禽畜-作物一体化。
• We made every effort to step up the building of our artillery and engineer corps.
  我们做了极大努力加速炮兵及工兵部队的建设。
• So American magazine editors, I plead to you: It's time to step up your game.
  美国的杂志编辑们，我恳求你们：是迎头赶上的时候了。
• 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。
• I was to step up front and center to help you out.
  我来中心是要帮助你的。
• 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。
• We'll do all we can to step up our aid to our fraternal countries.
  我们将尽力加强对兄弟国家的援助。