work up

英 [wɜːk ʌp]

美 [wɜːrk ʌp]

使（自己）心烦意乱（或气愤）; 激发（热情）; 鼓起（勇气）; 使自己出（汗）; 激起（食欲）; 准备，撰写（文章等）

柯林斯词典

• See also:She worked herself up into a bit of a state...Don't just lie there working yourself up, do something about it.worked up
• PHRASAL VERB 激发(热情）;鼓起（勇气)
  If youwork upthe enthusiasm or courage to do something, you succeed in making yourself feel it.
  1. Your creative talents can also be put to good use, if you can work up the energy...
     如果你能让自己精力充沛起来，你的创作才能也能得到很好的发挥。
  2. Malcolm worked up the nerve to ask Grandma Rose for some help.
     马尔科姆鼓起勇气请罗丝奶奶帮点忙。
• PHRASAL VERB 使自己出(汗);激起(食欲)
  If youwork upa sweat or an appetite, you make yourself sweaty or hungry by doing exercise or hard work.
  1. You can really work up a sweat doing housework...
     做家务真的会让人大汗淋漓。
  2. It was around seven when I finished at the library. I wasn't hungry, but I'd worked up a thirst.
     我从图书馆出来时大约是7点。我不饿，但是觉得口渴。
• PHRASAL VERB 准备，撰写(文章等)
  If youwork upsomething such as a piece of writing, you spend time and effort preparing it.
  1. I sketched the layout of a prototype store and worked up a business plan...
     我画出店的布局草图，拟订了一份商业计划。
  2. They asked me to work up some sample drawings and bring them down.
     他们请我画一些样图带过去。

英英释义

verb

• develop
  1. we worked up an as of an appetite
  Synonym:get up
• come up with
  1. His colleagues worked out his interesting idea
  2. We worked up an ad for our client
  Synonym:work out
• form or accumulate steadily
  1. Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
  2. Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border
  Synonym:build upbuildprogress
• bolster or strengthen
  1. We worked up courage
  2. build up confidence
  3. ramp up security in the airports
  Synonym:build upbuildramp up

双语例句

• She worked herself up into a bit of a state
  她把自己弄得有点儿紧张。
• So start with 1-2 things per week and work up from there.
  所以每周改变一两件事，就从这开始。
• I can't work up any enthusiasm for his decision.
  我不怎么喜欢他的决定。
• We're going to have to work up a list of obvious possible targets.
  我们得列一张最可能受到打击的目标清单。
• Work up a list of the photographers we checked in this morning.
  写一分我们今天早上调查的摄影师名单。
• Don't just lie there working yourself up, do something about it.
  不要光躺在那儿生气，要做点儿什么。
• Can't work up much enthusiasm for the chess match.
  对象棋比赛提不起什么兴致。
• Work up to progress gradually to gradual improvement or growth or development.
  逐步发展到，渐渐达到逐步发展、提高、前进。
• Your creative talents can also be put to good use, if you can work up the energy
  如果你能让自己精力充沛起来，你的创作才能也能得到很好的发挥。
• I'm finally able to work up a head of steam about my new project after the long vacation.
  经过一个长假后我终于能把自己的新项目理出个头绪来。