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

• 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。
• Rev it up: Pair pineapple with protein-rich yogurt or nonfat cottage cheese.
  如何搭配：可将菠萝配合富含蛋白质的酸奶或脱脂奶酪一起食用。
• Rev it up to warm the engine.
  让发动机转起来预热。
• 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。
• TURKEY// The Aegean Riviera continues to rev up its boho bona fides as artists and designers join moguls and media makers along its crystalline coastline.
  土耳其//随着众多艺术家与设计师加入到滑雪行列、媒体制造商来到其水晶般清澈透明的海岸线，爱琴海里维埃拉（Riviera）的波西米亚风潮继续升温。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。