beef up

英 [biːf ʌp]

美 [biːf ʌp]

增加; 加强; 改进; 提高

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 改善；加强；改进；提高
  If youbeef upsomething, you increase, strengthen, or improve it.
  1. ...a campaign to beef up security...
     加强安全的运动
  2. Both sides are still beefing up their military strength.
     双方仍在增强各自的军事力量。
  3. ...a beefed up police presence.
     有所增强的警力

英英释义

verb

• make strong or stronger
  1. This exercise will strengthen your upper body
  2. strengthen the relations between the two countries
  Synonym:strengthenfortify

双语例句

• Unilever wants to beef up its market share in hair care.
  联合利华希望提升自己在护发品市场的份额。
• Both sides are still beefing up their military strength.
  双方仍在增强各自的军事力量。
• Beijing has widened a ban on flying activities to include pigeons and kite flying in its latest efforts to beef up security ahead of the National Day celebrations, police said Tuesday.
  警方于周二称，为加强国庆前安保工作，北京近日已扩大了禁飞范围，鸽子和风筝也在其中。
• We must beef up the army with new young people.
  我们必须招募年轻的新兵以强化军队。
• They decided to beef up the baseball pitching staff by getting new men.
  他们决定征选新人，来增强棒球队的投手群。
• I think I can beef up the reception a bit.
  我要增强一下信号接收。
• E.g.We need to find some new players to beef up the team.
  我们需要找新的球员来加强这个团队。
• Chinese officials would probably not only beef up enforcement and penalties, but also try to create a demand for regulation by training business managers about the importance of product safety.
  中国官员可能不仅会加强执行和惩罚力度，还会设法通过对企业管理人员培训产品安全的重要性，建立对监管的需求。
• Banks will also be required to beef up their risk management practices.
  该计划还将要求各银行加强其风险管理措施。
• It was unclear what steps Beijing planned to take to beef up its internet security.
  目前还不清楚中国方面计划采取哪些步骤来加强互联网安全。