pump up

英 [pʌmp ʌp]

美 [pʌmp ʌp]

用泵（或气筒）给…打气

化学

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB 用泵（或气筒）给…打气
If youpump upsomething such as a tyre, you fill it with air using a pump.
1. I tried to pump up my back tyre.
  我试图给后胎打气。
PHRASAL VERB （尤指通过自我心理暗示）给自己打气，自我鼓励
If youpump yourself up forsomething, you prepare yourself for it mentally, especially by telling yourself that you can succeed.
1. They find it difficult to pump themselves up for the games.
  他们感到要为自己加油打气，自信满满地去打比赛并不容易。

双语例句

Some more good results will further pump up everything and will show the potential that the team has.
未来更多的好成绩会对所有事产生鼓励作用，那将展示出车队的潜力。
Ben Bernanke may have to pump up the shadow banking system in order to stop manipulating the bond market.
或许本•伯南克只能选择让影子银行体系膨胀，才能终止对债券市场的操纵。
The legs that are too short for track and hurdles can pump up and down, carrying him around those bases faster than you can see.
他的一双腿太短，不适合赛跑和跨栏，但却能像唧筒似地上下运动，带着他飞快地踏垒，快得让你都来不及看。
The inescapable fact, however, is that one day the water is going to run out or become too expensive to pump up.
然而，不可避免的事实是某一天水将会被用光，或者用泵取水将变得十分昂贵。
But vanadium used percentage in steel is great increased by adjustment of our steel products instruction so our need of vanadium will also pump up.
随着我国钢铁产品结构的调整，国家对钢筋中钒的用量标准大幅增加，我国对钒的需求将会大幅增加。
He tried to pump up a poem.
他绞尽脑汁想挤出一首诗来。
I kind of want to pump up my profile a little bit.
我想要你多报道点关于我的内容。
You need to pump up that tyre.
你需要给那个轮胎充气。
All of these can pump up your attitude.
这些都会让你的态度变得积极。
First of all, we need to pump up the balloons.
首先，我们必须将汽球充气。