pep up

英 [pep ʌp]

美 [pep ʌp]

使振奋; 使活跃; 使更有趣; 使更强大

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使振奋；使活跃；使更有趣；使更强大
  If you try topepsomethingup, you try to make it more lively, more interesting, or stronger.
  1. The prime minister aired some ideas about pepping up trade in the region...
     首相发表了一些刺激本地区贸易的想法。
  2. How about pepping up plain tiles with transfers?
     在素色瓷砖上印制一些图案使其更吸引人如何？

英英释义

verb

• make more interesting or lively
  1. juice up a party
  2. pep up your paper
  Synonym:jazz upjuice upginger up
• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
  1. The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
  Synonym:cheerroot oninspireurgebarrackurge onexhort

双语例句

• At this point nothing can PEP him up.
  现在什么也不能使他振奋起来。
• If you can't give yourself a pep talk to face up to a person who's not performing well, find a coach to give you the psychological boost you need.
  是时间而不是年终工作总结让小事变大。如果你不能鼓起勇气面对那个进度有问题的人进行谈话，找一个教练给你你需要的心理动力。
• A short break would pep you up.
  休息片刻会让你精神振作起来。
• How about pepping up plain tiles with transfers?
  在素色瓷砖上印制一些图案使其更吸引人如何？
• I put some salsa music on to pep things up.
  我播放萨尔萨音乐使气氛活跃。
• Iraq's overdue conversion to fully electronic banking should help woo investors from abroad and pep up the economy as a whole.
  伊拉克迟到的全电子转换应该可以帮助吸引外资以及促进经济的总体发展。
• President Barack Obama now has a chance to pep up the court's liberal wing with a youthful replacement.
  奥巴马总统现在有机会选拔一个年轻人填补他留下的空缺以充实最高法院中的自由派。
• A holiday in the sun will pep you up and you'll soon feel better.
  阳光下的假日会使你活跃起来，你很快就会好转。
• If you are feeling down, sometimes all it takes is a pep talk from your best friend to pick you back up.
  如果你情绪低落，有时候你只需要最好的朋友给你一些重振士气的话语以示鼓励。
• After I lost my first job my Dad took out to dinner and gave me a pep talk, it really cheered me up.
  我失去了第一份工作，爸爸带我出去吃了一顿，说了一些鼓舞我的话，让我又重新振作起来。