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

• I'd dropped a hint about having an exhibition of his work up here
  我已经暗示要在这里举办一次他的作品展。
• Despite all his efforts, he could not work up any enthusiasm for the scheme.
  尽管他做了很大的努力，他仍然未能激起支持这一计划的热情。
• 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。
• Can't work up much enthusiasm for the chess match.
  对象棋比赛提不起什么兴致。
• Since I was a kid, if I don't run around or play a sport and work up a sweat, I get antsy. If I go a few days without exercise, I have a hard time focusing.
  从小时候起，如果不到处跑，如果不参加体育活动，出一身汗，我就会坐立不安。如果有几天不运动，我就难以集中精力。
• It took the company some years to work up so good a market.
  公司经营了几年终于发展起了这么好的市场。
• You will learn a new skill and work up a sweat at the same time.
  这样的话，你在辛勤流汗的同时也学会了一项新技能。
• Over time, work up to exercising on most days of the week for30-60 minutes.
  随着时间的推移，一周的大部分天数里您可以锻炼30-60分钟。
• I can't work up any enthusiasm for his decision.
  我不怎么喜欢他的决定。
• One night, however, our vicar work up with a start: the clock was striking the hours!
  一天夜里，我们的牧师突然被惊醒了，大钟又在“打点”报时了！