step up

英 [step ʌp]

美 [step ʌp]

增加（数量）; 提高（速度、强度等）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 增加(数量等);提高(速度、强度等)
  If youstep upsomething, you increase it or increase its intensity.
  1. He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to Somalia...
     他敦促各捐赠方加快速度将援助物资送往索马里。
  2. Security is being stepped up to deal with the increase in violence...
     正在加强安保工作以应对日益增多的暴力活动。
  3. There are reports of stepped-up fighting in El Salvador.
     有报道称萨尔瓦多的战斗已经升级。

英英释义

verb

• increase in extent or intensity
  1. The Allies escalated the bombing
  Synonym:escalateintensify
• speed up
  1. let's rev up production
  Synonym:rev up
• make oneself visible
  1. Young people should step to the fore and help their peers
  Synonym:come to the forestep forwardcome forwardstep to the forecome out

双语例句

• Rich governments and donors need to step up.
  富有的政府和捐赠者需要加快脚步。
• But different players step up – maybe it is not one player but we share the responsibility.
  但不同的球员站了出来&也许无法一对一的顶替，但我们分担了责任。
• Security is being stepped up to deal with the increase in violence
  正在加强安保工作以应对日益增多的暴力活动。
• Fears of a possible faltering of the recovery forced the government to step up stimulus spending.
  对经济复苏可能步履维艰的恐惧，迫使政府加大了刺激性支出的力度。
• The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the region.
  会议以承诺加快这一地区六国间的合作而结束。
• When your time comes, you either step up or you look for a new career.
  你的时机来了，你可以进入高层，或者开始一段新生活。
• They should step up exchanges and cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.
  他们应该加强交流与合作的基础上，平等和互利。
• Will people step up ahead of the shift?
  人们会在极移之前加紧（领袖选举）吗？
• We should also step up strategic dialogues and consultations to deepen understanding, expand common ground and promote cooperation.
  我们也应该加强战略性对话和磋商，以加深了解、扩大共识、促进合作。
• We should further promote dialogue and reconciliation and step up the solution of regional hot issues.
  我们要进一步促进对话与和解，推动地区热点问题的解决。