work up

英 [wɜːk ʌp] 美 [wɜːrk ʌp]

• 逐渐造成； 引起； 激发

英英释义

Verb:

1. form or accumulate steadily;

   "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"
   "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
   

2. develop;

   "we worked up an as of an appetite"
   

3. bolster or strengthen;

   "We worked up courage"
   "build up confidence"
   "ramp up security in the airports"
   

4. come up with;

   "His colleagues worked out his interesting idea"
   "We worked up an ad for our client"
   

词汇搭配

• work up 逐渐造成
• work up an appetite 引起食欲
• up-hill work 繁重的工作
• work one's way up 通过努力一步步地升上...
• work up to 渐渐达到

近反义词

【近义词】

• awaken 醒
• animate 使有生气
• build up 建立
• build 建造
• work out 做出
• ramp up 巩固
• progress 进步
• get up 起床