work up

  1. 发展
    • It took the company quite some years to work up a market for its products.
      该公司苦心经营了多年才为自己的产品开辟了市场。
    • The practice is not a very lucrative one at the moment, but if it is worked up it should prove quite profitable.
      这种业务眼下还不大能赚钱, 但如果努力经营, 会证明是大可获利的。
  2. 引起, 激起
    • She works herself up about the most trivial things.
      她为了最琐碎的事也会使自己激动起来。
    • She was all worked up when she arrived, and it was quite a time before we could calm her down.
      她到达时情绪激动, 好大一会儿我们才让她平静下来。
  3. 博得
    • The presidential candidate was trying to work up more support before the election.
      这位总统候选人正试图赶在选举前赢得更多的支持。
  4. 精心制作, 详细制定
    • She has worked up a lump of clay into a bust.
      她把一块黏土精心制作成一个半身像。
    • They have worked up some plans.
      他们已详细制定出一些计划。
  5. 用光, 耗尽
    • They will work up all these stones in building the bridge.
      他们将把这些石子全部用来造桥。
  6. 增加, 加强
    • She worked up her typing speed to seventy words a minute.
      她把打字速度提高到每分钟70个字。

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