buck up

英 [bʌk ʌp]

美 [bʌk ʌp]

振作…的精神; 使受到鼓舞; 振作; 积极行动起来

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 振作…的精神；使受到鼓舞
  If youbucksomeoneuporbuck uptheir spirits, you say or do something to make them more cheerful.
  1. Anything anybody said to him to try and buck him up wouldn't sink in...
     任何人对他说的任何劝他振作起来的话都不会起作用。
  2. The aim, it seemed, was to buck up their spirits in the face of the recession.
     其目的好像是为了给面临经济衰退的他们鼓劲儿打气。
• PHRASAL VERB 振作；积极行动起来
  If you tell someone tobuck upor tobuck uptheir ideas, you are telling them to start behaving in a more positive and efficient manner.
  1. People are saying if we don't buck up we'll be in trouble...
     人们说，如果我们再不积极行动起来，我们就会有麻烦。
  2. Buck up your ideas or you'll get more of the same treatment.
     打起精神来，否则你会吃更多苦头。

英英释义

verb

• gain courage
  Synonym:take heart

双语例句

• The good news made all of us buck up.
  这条好消息使我们大家倍受鼓舞。
• Look here, Horse," he said, "if you don't buck up, do you know what I'll do? I'll dig my heels into you.
  听着，马儿，他说，如果你再不快跑，你可知道我要干什么？我要用脚跟戳到你的两胁里。
• If you don't buck up we'll be late.
  如果你不快些，我们就会迟到了。
• When they buck me up to assistant manager.
  然后当我升到经理助理的时候。
• The fresh morning air makes him buck up.
  早晨新鲜的空气使他精神抖擞。
• There is not much time, you'd better buck up.
  时间不多了，你最好快点。
• If he hopes to keep his job, he'll have to buck up his ideas.
  他若想继续干这份工作，就得更新自己的观念。
• Freda cried: "buck up& it spoils everything."
  弗蕾达嚷着说：“上劲儿呀&这样糟啦！”
• Buck up your ideas or you'll get more of the same treatment.
  打起精神来，否则你会吃更多苦头。
• I think the writers should buck up their ideas and bring Marian back somehow because otherwise I'm not going to watch it next season.
  我觉得编剧们无论如何都应该想办法让Marian回来，否则我不会看下一季的。