1 PHRASAL VERB-ERG (使)积聚;(使)逐渐增加 If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it. (使)积聚;(使)逐渐增加
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The regime built up the largest army in Africa. [VERB PREP. noun]
该政权逐渐建立起一支非洲规模最大的军队。
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The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years. [VERB PREP. noun (not pronoun)]
在过去的17年中,收藏的规模不断扩大。
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Slowly a thick layer of fat builds up on the pan's surface. [VERB PREP.]
慢慢地,平底锅表面积起了一层厚厚的油脂。
2 PHRASAL VERB 增强…的体质;建立…的信心 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. 增强…的体质;建立…的信心
SYN cheer up, encourage, boost, revive
3 PHRASAL VERB 吹捧;抬举 If you build someone or something up, you make them seem important or exciting, for example by talking about them a lot. 吹捧;抬举
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The media will report on it and the tabloids will build it up. [VERB noun PREP.]
媒体会报道此事,小报则会大肆吹捧。
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Historians built him up as the champion of parliament. [V n P + as]
历史学家把他誉为议会的捍卫者。
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I'd built him up in my head as being the love of my life. [V n P as n/-ing]
我心里已把他当作我一生的挚爱。
4See also:build 6 8 build-up built-up