gear up

英 [ɡɪə(r) ʌp]

美 [ɡɪr ʌp]

为…做准备; 为做…做好了准备

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 为…作准备/ 为…作好了准备
  If someoneis gearing up fora particular activity, they are preparing to do it. If theyare geared up todo a particular activity, they are prepared to do it.
  1. ...another indication that the Government is gearing up for an election...
     政府正准备进行选举的另一个迹象
  2. The factory was geared up to make 1,100 cars a day.
     工厂已经可以日产1,100辆车。

英英释义

verb

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  1. Get the children ready for school!
  2. prepare for war
  3. I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
  Synonym:fixprepareset upreadyset

双语例句

• No everyone is looking to gear up as some have taken in interest in a piece of survival equipment every car comes equipped with the headrest.
  当然，也并非每个人都在武装自己，有些人对每辆车上都会有的一项逃生工具产生了兴趣&头枕。
• When you are going fast enough, you'll be able to gear up.
  车开得足够快时，你就能换挡加速。
• We'd better gear up if we are to arrive at the airport before six.
  如果要在六钟以前到达机场，我们得加快车速。
• With plenty of cheap money available, especially for stable utility businesses with predictable returns, investors have been urging companies to gear up to enhance their earnings.
  由于有大量廉价资金可用，特别是对于回报可预期的稳定的公用事业业务，投资者一直敦促企业加大举债力度，以提高盈利。
• You'll have to use more of your emergency heals in the heroics and raids, and you'll also be expected to gear up a little more for the heroics and raids.
  在英雄副本和团队副本中你就不得不多多使用那些用来对付紧急情况的治疗法术了。而且为了打那些副本，你的装备也需要再提升一下。
• It heard that military activity in the area is increasing, as eight rival countries including Russia, the US, Canada and Norway gear up to assert their claims over the fossil fuels that lie beneath the melting Arctic ice.
  与会者了解到，北极军事活动在不断升温，原因是8个相互竞争的国家，其中包括俄罗斯、美国、加拿大和挪威，纷纷坚称对在北极融冰下的化石燃料拥有所有权。
• Come on. we'd better gear up, or we'll be late.
  快！开快点儿，不然要迟到了。
• In the longrun, Chinese demand and MNCs'profitability in China will gear up the economic growth of east Asian countries and improve overall competitive power of the region.
  从长期来看，巨大的进口需求和跨国公司的投资收益大大推动了东亚各国的经济增长和整体竞争力的提升。
• The factory was geared up to make 1,100 cars a day.
  工厂已经可以日产1,100辆车。
• Some brokers had a policy of covering client losses beyond their deposit in the short term, thus allowing customers to gear up their accounts.
  一些经纪商采用的方法是在短期内弥补客户在其存款之外的亏损，从而让客户加速其账户的交易。