build up

柯林斯词典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example, because more is added to it. 使逐漸變大; 逐漸變大
The regime built up the largest army in Africa. 該政權逐漸建立起一支在非洲槼模最大的軍隊。
The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years. 這些收藏是在過去的17年裡逐漸收集的。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you build someone up, you help them to feel stronger or more confident, especially when they have had a bad experience or have been ill. 使振作
Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear. 用友善和富有同情心的傾聽來使她振作起來。
3. PHRASAL VERB If you build someone or something up, you make them seem important or exciting, for example, by talking about them a lot. 吹捧; 大肆宣傳
The media will report on it and the tabloids will build it up. 媒躰將對它進行報導，小報將對其大肆宣傳。
The football community built him up as the saviour of the sport. 足球界曾把他吹捧爲這項運動的救星。
4. →see also build , build , build-up , built-up