strike up

英 [straɪk ʌp]

美 [straɪk ʌp]

开始（交谈）; 建立（友谊）; 开始（来往）; 开始演奏

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 开始(交谈);建立(友谊);开始(来往)
  When youstrike upa conversation or friendship with someone, you begin one.
  1. I trailed her into Penney's and struck up a conversation...
     我跟着她进了彭尼家然后开始交谈起来。
  2. James struck up a friendship with a small boy who owned a pony on the island.
     詹姆斯和小岛上一个养了一匹小马的小男孩儿交上了朋友。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG 开始演奏
  When musiciansstrike upa piece of music, or when musicstrikes up, the music begins.
  1. And then the orchestra struck up the National Anthem...
     然后管弦乐队奏起了国歌。
  2. Music struck up in one of the big old buildings along the seafront...
     音乐从海滨区一栋古老的大楼里响起。
  3. The band struck up, and riders paraded round the ring.
     乐队开始奏乐，骑手们列队绕场行进。

英英释义

verb

• begin
  1. strike up a conversation
  2. strike up a friendship
• start playing
  1. The musicians struck up a tune
  Synonym:sound off

双语例句

• I strike up conversations at parties, at restaurants, on the street, on the bus, in grocery stores, in doctors'offices.
  我会在派对上、餐馆、街上、公交、杂货店、医生办公室和别人谈话。
• I hear that the flight will go faster if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.
  我听说如果与同道的旅客聊天的话，你会觉得时间很好打发。
• She's too shy to strike up a conversation with him.
  她太害羞了，不敢和他搭话。
• I hope you will strike up a lasting friendship.
  我希望你们将建立起永久的友谊。
• Away from the internet women tend to strike up relationships with people they already know, such as work colleagues or former flames. Men on the other hand will head to nightclubs and bars in the hope of finding fleeting romance with someone other than their spouse.
  女性的婚外情对象一般是相识的人，比如同事或者旧情人，而不是在网上发展。而男性会去夜总会和酒吧，希望在那里和不同于伴侣的人发展一段短暂的恋情。
• In the second dialogue, Pat, an HR officer from Australia, then tries his best to strike up a conversation with George.
  第2部分谈话中，来自澳大利亚的人事主管Pat尽全力和George开始谈话。
• The band struck up, and riders paraded round the ring.
  乐队开始奏乐，骑手们列队绕场行进。
• Please strike up a dent in the medal ( of a fender).
  请在（防护板的）金属上敲出凹痕。
• You're looking for shared interests, shared experiences, and really any commonality you could use to strike up a conversation.
  你在寻找共同的兴趣、经历，以及任何能用来打开话头的共同点。
• The young man to my right was trying to strike up a conversation with the woman seated opposite us.
  我右边的年轻男子则试图与坐在对面的女人搭讪。