even up

英 [ˈiːvn ʌp]

美 [ˈiːvn ʌp]

使平衡; 使势均力敌

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使平衡;使势均力敌
  Toeven upa contest or game means to make it more equally balanced than it was.
  1. The nation's electronics industry made important strides this year to even up its balance of trade...
     该国的电子产业今年取得了重大进步，平衡了贸易差额。
  2. I would like to see the championship evened up a little bit more.
     我希望冠军赛更加势均力敌一点。

英英释义

verb

• even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
  Synonym:square upjog
• adjust for
  1. engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
  Synonym:compensatecounterbalancecorrectmake upeven outeven off

双语例句

• We'd never even ended up here.
  我们永远不可能到这里的。
• You may even end up with a beautiful gift for your love, or something you made together!
  也许结束时你已为你的恋人做了一件漂亮的礼物，也许你们一起创造了某件陶器！
• I feel he has even counted up the hours he has left.
  我想他连还能活几个小时都计算过了。
• His grandson seemed to believe that Grandpa could solve any problem; perhaps even climb up and get it.
  他的孙子似乎相信爷爷无所不能，也许他还能爬到树上，把风筝取下来。
• Despite the financial crisis Chinese butterfly farmers said that business had even picked up during the financial crisis.
  尽管处于金融危机中，但养殖蝴蝶的中国农户说，他们的生意在金融危机期间甚至比以前更好。
• I know that you have even put up with having his wife around, which must have been a strain on you.
  我也知道你甚至还容忍他的妻子守他在身边。这对你一定是个严峻的考验吧。
• I was totally frustrated. I could not even get up and go to the living room by myself.
  我甚至不能独自站起来走到起居室。
• You can even set up your own rules.
  甚至可以建立自己的规则。
• It did not even show up on the radar screens of foreign policy experts and political gurus.
  甚至没有出现在外交政策专家和政治专家们的雷达屏幕上。
• Even up the edges of the two sheets of paper before you cut them.
  先把两张纸取齐了再裁。