build up

柯林斯詞典

build up (building,built,builds)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example, because more is added to it. 使逐漸變大; 逐漸變大

  The regime built up the largest army in Africa. 該政權(quán)逐漸建立起一支在非洲規(guī)模最大的軍隊。

  The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years. 這些收藏是在過去的17年里逐漸收集的。

• 2. PHRASAL VERB If you build someone up, you help them to feel stronger or more confident, especially when they have had a bad experience or have been ill. 使振作

  Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear. 用友善和富有同情心的傾聽來使她振作起來。

• 3. PHRASAL VERB If you build someone or something up, you make them seem important or exciting, for example, by talking about them a lot. 吹捧; 大肆宣傳

  The media will report on it and the tabloids will build it up. 媒體將對它進行報導(dǎo)，小報將對其大肆宣傳。

  The football community built him up as the saviour of the sport. 足球界曾把他吹捧為這項運動的救星。

• 4. →see also build , build , build-up , built-up

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