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

• They decided to beef up the baseball pitching staff by getting new men.
  他们决定征选新人，来增强棒球队的投手群。
• The government decided to beef up its air force by buying a number of new fighters.
  该政府决定购买一批新战机，以增强其空军实力。
• They'll have to beef up their defences.
  他们必须强化他们的辩词。
• 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。
• Want to beef up the sound of your exhaust, look no further, we can assist you!
  想要提高您的汽车尾气的声音。我们能协助您！
• There are three main areas where the company has faltered – or is still under-invested – and may want to beef up: social, payments and cloud services.
  谷歌蹒跚不前、投资不足和希望充实的三个主要领域分别是：社交网络、支付业务和云服务。
• You could beef up a little bit, huh?
  你可以更加强壮，哈？
• E.g.We need to find some new players to beef up the team.
  我们需要找新的球员来加强这个团队。
• Unilever wants to beef up its market share in hair care.
  联合利华希望提升自己在护发品市场的份额。
• Analysts expect Samsung to use that money for acquisitions that will allow the company to beef up in certain areas like software and medical equipment.
  分析人士预计，三星电子将使用这些钱进行收购，从而增强公司在软件和医疗设备等领域的实力。