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

• So I buck up and admit it. OK, I think you're probably right.
  于是我赶紧承认好吧，我想你可能说得没错。
• 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。
• We're often advised to 'buck up,''talk to someone' ( who is often paid to listen) or take a pill. Wouldn't it also make sense to learn ways to comfort and be supportive of ourselves?
  这个时候，我们得到的建议往往是振作点，找人聊聊（往往是我们付钱让别人听），或者吃片药。
• Hurry [ Buck] up or we will miss the train.
  快点，不然我们就赶不上火车了。
• Buck up or we'll be late for school!
  快点，不然我们上学要迟到了！
• If you don't buck up we'll be late.
  如果你不快些，我们就会迟到了。
• Buck up! Lots of people fail their driving test first time.
  别灰心，许多人首次参加驾驶考试都没通过。
• The good news made all of us buck up.
  这条好消息使我们大家倍受鼓舞。
• 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。
• 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。