crank up

英 [kræŋk ʌp]

美 [kræŋk ʌp]

使（机器或设备）提高效率; 启动（机器或设备）; 开大，调高（音量）; 使增加; 使增强

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使(机器或设备)提高效率
  If youcrank upa machine or a device, you make it function harder or at a greater level.
  1. Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
     把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
• PHRASAL VERB 启动(机器或设备)
  If youcrank upa machine or device, you start it.
  1. ...May's warm weather, which caused Americans to crank up their air conditioners.
     5月份的温热天气使得美国人打开了空调
• PHRASAL VERB 开大，调高(音量)
  If youcrank upthe volume of something, you turn it up until it is very loud.
  1. Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system...
     有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。
  2. By about six, they're cranking the music up loud again.
     到6点左右，他们又把音乐声音开大了。
• PHRASAL VERB 使增加;使增强
  Tocranksomethingupmeans to increase it or make it more intense.
  1. The incident that cranked up the fear was the murder of Brian Smith...
     布赖恩·史密斯被谋杀的案子让人们更加恐惧。
  2. The legal authorities cranked up the investigation.
     执法部门加大了调查力度。

英英释义

verb

• rotate with a crank
  Synonym:crank
• start by cranking
  1. crank up the engine
  Synonym:crank

双语例句

• Some crank rang up claiming he was a terrorist.
  某个怪人打电话自称是恐怖分子。
• If the reforms do fizzle, the government could well try to boost the economy again by deploying the old approach of big infrastructure spending and ordering state-owned banks to crank up their lending – precisely the model that many analysts say has become a blueprint for unsustainable growth.
  如果改革最终以失败收场，政府将再次通过以往的方式提振经济&大力投资基础设施，授意国有银行加大放贷。许多分析师表示，正是这样一种模式为经济增长的不可持续性埋下了伏笔。
• My car won't start, I don't know why, it just won't crank up.
  我的车就是发不动，我不知道为什么，它就是发不起来。
• Will you please help me to crank up the engine?
  请你帮助我用曲柄发动引擎好吗？
• The incident that cranked up the fear was the murder of Brian Smith
  布赖恩·史密斯被谋杀的案子让人们更加恐惧。
• Given time, it could crank itself up for a major crisis.
  假以时日，它才能曲折成长到足以应付大危机。
• People tend to crank up the volume on their devices to make up for this. It's imperative that your headphones fit correctly, so you should test out a few different kinds before buying.
  人们往往通过增加他们的音量来弥补这一个缺陷。耳机必须要选择完全合适的，所以在买手机之前，你需要测试几种不同类型的耳机。
• These chemical marks can activate, silence or crank up genes and their actions.
  这些化学印记可激活、消除或加剧基因活动。
• Analysts estimate BHP and Rio alone will crank up capacity by an extra 70m tonnes.
  分析师估计，仅必和必拓及力拓就会额外增加7000万吨产能。
• I am not as engaged in my work as my peers, she reflects. To make partner she would have to crank up her commitment – and she just cannot bear to do that.
  她若有所思地说道：我不像其他同事那样投入工作了。如果她想成为合伙人，就要更加拼命，而她就是受不了这么拼命。