buck up

英 [bʌk ʌp]

美 [bʌk ʌp]

振作…的精神; 使受到鼓舞; 振作; 积极行动起来

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 振作…的精神；使受到鼓舞
  If youbucksomeoneuporbuck uptheir spirits, you say or do something to make them more cheerful.
  1. Anything anybody said to him to try and buck him up wouldn't sink in...
     任何人对他说的任何劝他振作起来的话都不会起作用。
  2. The aim, it seemed, was to buck up their spirits in the face of the recession.
     其目的好像是为了给面临经济衰退的他们鼓劲儿打气。
• PHRASAL VERB 振作；积极行动起来
  If you tell someone tobuck upor tobuck uptheir ideas, you are telling them to start behaving in a more positive and efficient manner.
  1. People are saying if we don't buck up we'll be in trouble...
     人们说，如果我们再不积极行动起来，我们就会有麻烦。
  2. Buck up your ideas or you'll get more of the same treatment.
     打起精神来，否则你会吃更多苦头。

英英释义

verb

• gain courage
  Synonym:take heart

双语例句

• Buck up or we'll be late for school!
  快点，不然我们上学要迟到了！
• So would buying a brand with a reputation as one of the safest cars in the world buck up a Chinese buyer or tarnish Volvo?
  因此，收购沃尔沃这个享有全球最安全汽车之一盛誉的汽车品牌是会提振中国收购方，还是会令沃尔沃的荣耀蒙羞？
• I cannot claim to have foreseen the financial blow-out. But I did warn in my column of February 1 2008 of the danger of talking ourselves into a depression, and I wrote of the need to buck up.
  我不能宣称预见到了金融爆裂，但我确实在2008年2月1日的专栏文章中警告人们不要把自己谈进衰退。
• People are saying if we don't buck up we'll be in trouble
  人们说，如果我们再不积极行动起来，我们就会有麻烦。
• Buck up your ideas or you'll get more of the same treatment.
  打起精神来，否则你会吃更多苦头。
• Anything anybody said to him to try and buck him up wouldn't sink in
  任何人对他说的任何劝他振作起来的话都不会起作用。
• He'll have to buck up, if he wants to catch that train.
  如果他想赶上那班火车，那么他就得快点。
• The good news made all of us buck up.
  这条好消息使我们大家倍受鼓舞。
• So, Buck goes up to the counter of this coffee shop and the woman working there was talking to her friend, another customer.
  因此，巴克到咖啡厅柜台，而那个女员工在和她的朋友，另一个顾客，聊天。
• Buck up! We'll be late if you do not get a move on.
  赶快！要是你不赶紧，我们就要迟到了。