词汇 | work up |
释义 | work upwork up1.■发展It took the company quite some years to work up a market for its products.该公司苦心经营了多年才为自己的产品开辟了市场。The practice is not a very lucrative one at the moment, but if it is worked up it should prove quite profitable.这种业务眼下还不大能赚钱, 但如果努力经营, 会证明是大可获利的。2.■引起, 激起She works herself up about the most trivial things.她为了最琐碎的事也会使自己激动起来。She was all worked up when she arrived, and it was quite a time before we could calm her down.她到达时情绪激动, 好大一会儿我们才让她平静下来。3.■博得The presidential candidate was trying to work up more support before the election.这位总统候选人正试图赶在选举前赢得更多的支持。4.■精心制作, 详细制定She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。They have worked up some plans.他们已详细制定出一些计划。5.■用光, 耗尽They will work up all these stones in building the bridge.他们将把这些石子全部用来造桥。6.■增加, 加强She worked up her typing speed to seventy words a minute.她把打字速度提高到每分钟70个字。 |
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