even up

英 [ˈiːvn ʌp]

美 [ˈiːvn ʌp]

使平衡; 使势均力敌

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使平衡;使势均力敌
  Toeven upa contest or game means to make it more equally balanced than it was.
  1. The nation's electronics industry made important strides this year to even up its balance of trade...
     该国的电子产业今年取得了重大进步，平衡了贸易差额。
  2. I would like to see the championship evened up a little bit more.
     我希望冠军赛更加势均力敌一点。

英英释义

verb

• even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
  Synonym:square upjog
• adjust for
  1. engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
  Synonym:compensatecounterbalancecorrectmake upeven outeven off

双语例句

• He's useless at DIY. He won't even put up a shelf.
  他自己动手能力太差，甚至连搭个架子都不会。
• I feel he has even counted up the hours he has left.
  我想他连还能活几个小时都计算过了。
• These two shares are not equal. Please even them up.
  这两份多少不均，再匀一匀吧。
• I loved it at first – I had a job that paid well, and some of my designs even ended up on store shelves.
  最初，我很喜欢那份工作&工资优厚，而且我的一些设计还登上了商店货架。
• Even up till now, TOYOTA main type Camry is considered as very vapidity and not "Cool" enough type.
  即使到现在，丰田的主要车型Camry（凯美瑞），还被认为是太乏味，不够“酷”。
• I would not be surprised if they had even drawn up an emergency plan.
  即使他们已经就此起草了一份紧急计划，我也丝毫不会感到意外。
• Sometimes I'd even call up at 4 a.m.
  有时我甚至早上四点都打电话。
• It did not even show up on the radar screens of foreign policy experts and political gurus.
  甚至没有出现在外交政策专家和政治专家们的雷达屏幕上。
• They even set up their own news agency to peddle anti-isolationist propaganda.
  他们甚至设立了自己的通讯社来宣扬反孤立主义。
• We'd never even ended up here.
  我们永远不可能到这里的。