rev up

英 [rev ʌp]

美 [rev ʌp]

（使）加快转速; （使）加速

柯林斯词典

• → see:rev 1
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)更激烈;(使)更活跃
  If yourevsomethingup, or if itrevs up, it becomes more intense or more active.
  1. The temptation to rev up the arms race with high-tech weapons is especially dangerous...
     通过研发高科技武器加速军备竞赛的诱惑尤其危险。
  2. Now he plans to rev up publicity with a regional media campaign.
     现在他准备通过开展地区性的媒体活动加大宣传力度。

英英释义

verb

• increase the number of rotations per minute
  1. rev up an engine
  Synonym:rev
• speed up
  1. let's rev up production
  Synonym:step up

双语例句

• If you rev up your engine too fast, you may damage it.
  如果你使发动转速太快，就会把它弄坏的。
• Automakers rev up for Beijing show.
  汽车制造商加速备战北京车展。
• It turns out that nicotine can rev up brain cells that normally signal people to stop eating when they're full, researchers report in Friday's edition of the journal Science.
  《科学》杂志在周五刊登了研究者的发现：原来尼古丁能够让大脑细胞加速运转，通常这样会让大脑发出信号，让人们在吃饱的时候不再进食。
• He's noticed that some workers tend to sleep poorly on Sunday night, feeling wired as they rev up for the week or rehearsing the next day's agenda in their heads.
  他注意到，一些职场人士往往在周日晚上睡得不好，亢奋地思虑一周的事情或是在脑子里演练第二天的日程。
• The intent behind the moves is to rev up the economy and protect it from the slowdown elsewhere.
  背后意图就是加快经济运转，使它不受到其他地区经济衰退的影响。
• It is far from clear that any huge temporary fiscal stimulus will rev up the engine enough to achieve self-sustaining growth.
  采取大规模临时性财政刺激，能否对经济产生足够的提振、使之实现自我维持的增长，这一点还远没有定论。
• Don't rev ( up) the engine so hard.
  不要使发动机加速这么快。
• Now he plans to rev up publicity with a regional media campaign.
  现在他准备通过开展地区性的媒体活动加大宣传力度。
• Aerobic exercise may not build big muscles, but it can rev up your metabolism in the hours after a workout.
  有氧运动虽然不能塑造大肌肉群，但能提高运动后几个小时内的代谢速度。
• In the first place you must rev it up to warm the engine.
  首先你必须让发动机转起来预热。