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

• 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。
• They'll have to beef up their defences.
  他们必须强化他们的辩词。
• 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。
• It's an easy way to beef up your r é sum é and make yourself more marketable.
  这是增强自己的简历、让自己更畅销的一个简单的方法。
• It was unclear what steps Beijing planned to take to beef up its internet security.
  目前还不清楚中国方面计划采取哪些步骤来加强互联网安全。
• 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。
• 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。
• Beijing has widened a ban on flying activities to include pigeons and kite flying in its latest efforts to beef up security ahead of the National Day celebrations, police said Tuesday.
  警方于周二称，为加强国庆前安保工作，北京近日已扩大了禁飞范围，鸽子和风筝也在其中。
• We should beef up economic and technical cooperation, advance regional trade and investment liberalization, and narrow the development gap among member economies to promote common prosperity.
  我们要加强经济技术合作，推动区域贸易和投资自由化，缩小成员间发展差距，实现共同繁荣。
• 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。