mug up

英 [mʌɡ ʌp]

美 [mʌɡ ʌp]

（口）考前赶（功课）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 攻读;快速学习
  If youmug upa subject ormug up onit, you study it quickly, so that you can remember the main facts about it.
  1. ...visitors who want to mug up their knowledge in the shortest possible time...
     想在尽可能短的时间内突击学习知识的参观者
  2. It is advisable to mug up on your Spanish, too, as few locals speak English.
     你最好能突击提高一下你的西班牙语，因为当地没多少人讲英语。

英英释义

verb

• study intensively, as before an exam
  1. I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
  Synonym:cramgrind awaydrumbone upswotget upswot upbone

双语例句

• In the first one English class, the teacher will convey give us a clear message: as constituting basic language materials, new words is must mug up, Any other shortcuts are fools gold.
  在第一堂英语课上，老师就传达给我们一个清晰的消息：作为构成语言的基本的材料，生词是必须熟记的；任何其他的捷径都是愚人金。
• This silly toilet-shaped mug ($ 11.99) holds up to12-ounces of your favorite hot beverage.
  这款马桶造型的杯子能装下12盎司液体，把你最爱的饮料放在里面吧。
• Clemenza had given him copies of the police mug shots of the two punks, the dope on where the punks went drinking every night to pick up bar girls.
  克莱门沙已经给了他那两个人在警察局的照片的复印件，以及这两个人都在哪里找女孩子。
• Thanks to its high level of caffeine, a steamy mug of green tea will pick you up as it warms you up.
  一杯冒着暖气的热茶能让你暖起来，是由于它含高茶精（咖啡因）。
• I will mug up the laws on this subject before I advise my friends.
  在给朋友提建议之前，我将先把这方面的规则记熟。
• Students have no choice But to mug up on it if they want to progress further. a small canoe consisting of a light frame made watertight with animal skins; used by Eskimos.
  英文不好的学生只好破釜沉舟，硬着头皮把英文搞好。用不漏水的动物皮制成的结构较轻的轻舟；爱斯基摩人使用过。
• Many of us depend on a mug of freshly brewed coffee to perk us up in the mornings.
  很多人每天早上都要靠一杯现煮的咖啡才能醒过来。
• I've got to mug up my history before tomorrow's exam.
  我不得不在明天考试前抓紧复习历史。
• Rita: What's with the "I love my boss" mug? Are you sucking up to me?
  莉塔：这个上面写‘我爱我的主管’的马克杯是什么？你在拍我马屁吗？
• I must mug up some formulas if I am to take the examination next week.
  如果下星期我要参加考试的话，我就必须熟记一些公式。