beef up

英 [biːf ʌp]

美 [biːf ʌp]

增加; 加强; 改进; 提高

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 改善；加强；改进；提高
  If youbeef upsomething, you increase, strengthen, or improve it.
  1. ...a campaign to beef up security...
     加强安全的运动
  2. Both sides are still beefing up their military strength.
     双方仍在增强各自的军事力量。
  3. ...a beefed up police presence.
     有所增强的警力

英英释义

verb

• make strong or stronger
  1. This exercise will strengthen your upper body
  2. strengthen the relations between the two countries
  Synonym:strengthenfortify

双语例句

• Both sides are still beefing up their military strength.
  双方仍在增强各自的军事力量。
• He added if he himself does not have time to write, he might use a recorder to record his own life for someone else to prepare the scripts and beef up, and it will be in both English and Chinese.
  他补充说，如果他自己没有时间写，他可能用录音机录自己的生命为别人准备的剧本和牛肉，并会以英文和中文。
• I want to beef up my skill.
  我想要加强我的技巧。
• I think I can beef up the reception a bit.
  我要增强一下信号接收。
• We must beef up the army with new young people.
  我们必须招募年轻的新兵以强化军队。
• Mr Obama has called for member countries to beef up the IMF to help it combat the global downturn.
  奥巴马呼吁各成员国为imf增资，以帮助其对抗全球衰退。
• FAA officials helped the Chinese beef up air-traffic control designs and inspection procedures.
  美国联邦航空局官员帮助中国加强空管设计和检查程序。
• He wanted me to beef up his training program since it was becoming too easy for him.
  他希望我加强训练计划，因为他觉得原计划已变得太容易了。
• Banks will also be required to beef up their risk management practices.
  该计划还将要求各银行加强其风险管理措施。
• In the future I would love to beef up my sales experience.
  以后我希望能增加自己的销售经验。