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! Things aren't as bad as you think.
  打起精神来！事情并非像你想的那麽糟。
• 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。
• The fresh morning air makes him buck up.
  早晨新鲜的空气使他精神抖擞。
• 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。
• Hurry [ Buck] up or we will miss the train.
  快点，不然我们就赶不上火车了。
• If he hopes to keep his job, he'll have to buck up his ideas.
  他若想继续干这份工作，就得更新自己的观念。
• 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。
• There is not much time, you'd better buck up.
  时间不多了，你最好快点。
• 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。
• 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。