pump up

英 [pʌmp ʌp]

美 [pʌmp ʌp]

用泵（或气筒）给…打气

化学

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 用泵（或气筒）给…打气
  If youpump upsomething such as a tyre, you fill it with air using a pump.
  1. I tried to pump up my back tyre.
     我试图给后胎打气。
• PHRASAL VERB （尤指通过自我心理暗示）给自己打气，自我鼓励
  If youpump yourself up forsomething, you prepare yourself for it mentally, especially by telling yourself that you can succeed.
  1. They find it difficult to pump themselves up for the games.
     他们感到要为自己加油打气，自信满满地去打比赛并不容易。

双语例句

• He tried to pump up a poem.
  他绞尽脑汁想挤出一首诗来。
• Policymakers, banking on sustained lower inflation, are now seeking to pump up growth.
  指望通胀持续走低的决策者们，目前正试图推动经济增长。
• Which means we're really gonna have to pump up production.
  那是说我们有更多的活干了。
• They have cut prices in an attempt to pump up sales.
  他们降低了售价，试图通过此来促进销售量大幅增长。
• Amid intensifying competition, Honda has faced pressure to pump up incentives, which increase sales but erode profits and hurt models 'resale values.
  随着市场竞争不断加剧，本田面临着采取促销举措的压力，这种做法虽然提高了销量，但却侵蚀了利润，同时影响了车型的转售价格。
• I kind of want to pump up my profile a little bit.
  我想要你多报道点关于我的内容。
• You need to pump up that tyre.
  你需要给那个轮胎充气。
• Forget bonuses and incentives& what would really pump up the pulse of worker productivity is a nice afternoon nap.
  别去想奖金和激励手段了&真正能提高员工效率的是一个香甜的午觉。
• All of these can pump up your attitude.
  这些都会让你的态度变得积极。
• They believe what would really pump up the pulse of worker productivity is a nice afternoon nap, rather than those bonuses and incentives.
  他们相信真正能够提高工人生产积极性的是一个很好的午间小睡而不是那些奖金和鼓励。