gear up

英 [ɡɪə(r) ʌp]

美 [ɡɪr ʌp]

为…做准备; 为做…做好了准备

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 为…作准备/ 为…作好了准备
  If someoneis gearing up fora particular activity, they are preparing to do it. If theyare geared up todo a particular activity, they are prepared to do it.
  1. ...another indication that the Government is gearing up for an election...
     政府正准备进行选举的另一个迹象
  2. The factory was geared up to make 1,100 cars a day.
     工厂已经可以日产1,100辆车。

英英释义

verb

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  1. Get the children ready for school!
  2. prepare for war
  3. I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
  Synonym:fixprepareset upreadyset

双语例句

• The factory was geared up to make 1,100 cars a day.
  工厂已经可以日产1,100辆车。
• To tackle the problem of insufficient consumer demand, China will further its efforts in preparing for/ further gear up investment in fixed assets.
  为了解决消费需求不足的问题，我国将进一步作好对固定资产投资的准备。
• With plenty of cheap money available, especially for stable utility businesses with predictable returns, investors have been urging companies to gear up to enhance their earnings.
  由于有大量廉价资金可用，特别是对于回报可预期的稳定的公用事业业务，投资者一直敦促企业加大举债力度，以提高盈利。
• Come on. we'd better gear up, or we'll be late.
  快！开快点儿，不然要迟到了。
• We'd better gear up if we don't want to miss the flight.
  如果我们不想错过航班，我们最好准备好。
• If railway executives fail to gear up, private-equity firms may well do it for them.
  如果铁路行政部门没能够准备就绪，那些私有普通股份公司会帮助他们的。
• Before an execution, I needed some time on my own to gear up for it.
  在行刑前，我需要一个人待一会儿，以做好准备。
• We have to watch closely what happens next and gear up all the time to implement any of these solutions, since none of them is behind the sideline yet.
  因为每个方案目前都还没有出局，所以我们得密切观察项目的下一步进展，时刻做好准备以便随时实施任何一个方案。
• We need to pick up the speed a little bit. We're losing him. Come on. We'd better gear up, or we'll be late.
  我们得开快一点。我们快跟不上他了。快！开快点儿，不然要迟到了。
• They accordingly allowed banks to gear up their balance-sheets to a greater extent than before.
  于是他们允许银行扩大资产负债表。