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

• But many people already living in cities fear China's massive rural population which makes up nearly half of the country's 1.3 billion total population will strain schools and hospitals and rev up competition for services.
  但很多已经住在城市的人担心，中国大量农村人口会让学校和医院人满为患，让各项服务的竞争越来越激烈。中国目前人口总数为13亿，其中近一半为农村人口。
• I think a new romance will rev you up in the future.
  我看不久的将来，新的罗曼史会使你雀跃不已。
• Rev it up to warm the engine.
  让发动机转起来预热。
• The huge stimulus package may rev up the impressive construction boom, but there is no guarantee that people will buy property until they think prices have bottomed out.
  巨额的经济刺激方案或许能重启建筑繁荣，但并不能保证人们会购买房产，除非他们认为价格已经触底。
• Stay away from stimulating or self-help books though; they rev up your brain.
  远离那些激励的书籍和自主手册，因为它们会让你的大脑再度工作起来。
• Rev it up: Combining whole grains with protein is a classic energy-extending combination.
  如何搭配：将全谷物食品与蛋白质搭配起来食用是经典的能量补充方案。
• The factory will have to rev up production to stay level with demand.
  工厂将不得不增产以满足需求。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。