| 单词 | bring on |
| 释义 | bring onbring on 1 phrasal verbphr v a) CAUSEto make something bad or unpleasant happen 引起，导致；惹来 SYN cause Stress can bring on an asthma attack. 精神压力会引起哮喘发作。 What’s brought this on? Have I upset you somehow? 怎么啦？是不是我有什么事惹你生气了？ b) to help someone to improve or make progress 使提高；使进步 Teachers have to bring on the bright children and at the same time give extra help to those who need it. 教师需要培养聪明的孩子，同时给予有需要的学生更多的帮助。 c) DLGGROW/GET BIGGERto make plants or crops grow faster 促进〔植物或农作物〕生长 Keeping the young plants in a greenhouse will help bring them on. 在温室培养幼苗可以促进它们生长。 d) bring it on informal used to say that you are prepared and willing to deal with something bad that is likely to happen 就让它来吧〔表示已经准备好面对坏事〕 Examples from the Corpus bring on• If he didn't wear his glasses, he could bring one on.• Each processor is brought to bear on a problem at once.• As Joyce Umbima shows, the only way of bringing men on board is to show that change is in their interest.• Fenna is chaos as well as order, and brings, on fiery dragon breath, the full danger of the chasm.• Your mother, abandoned by your unknown father, had the job of bringing you up on her own.• He would have brought it on himself.• Undoubtedly, the Under-Secretary of State will bring us up to date on that. → bring something ↔ on at bring(PHRASAL VERB) 2 phrasal verbphr v CAUSEto make something unpleasant happen to someone 引起，招来，惹来〔不愉快的事〕 You have brought disaster on the whole village! 你给整个村子招来了灾祸！ bring something on/upon yourself I’ve got no sympathy for him – he’s brought this all on himself! 我一点也不同情他——他这是自作自受！ Examples from the Corpus bring on/upon • A few weeks ago, my wife needed to bring Nick on a plane to visit her mother.• Having a baby would mean leaving university and bringing shame on my family.• Shapiro said he brought Bailey in on the case because it would be tried in Florida.• This section brings discussion on the process of central government management reform up to date by reviewing developments since 1980.• Brown and Warne had an unenviable dilemma on their hands, even if they brought it on themselves.• I need to bring a thermometer on these trips.• This brings dependence on those who fix the price on the international market.• Dixie will move north into the city to bring new markets on, while you run the Isle of Dogs. bring something on/upon yourself• And at the same time ashamed of the affliction that he had brought down on himself.• Brown and Warne had an unenviable dilemma on their hands, even if they brought it on themselves.• Conversely, it is easy to see how Blanche brings her problems on herself.• He's brought it upon himself.• He would have brought it on himself.• One way or another she brought it on herself.• This makes the illness even harder to bear, if you feel that you have brought it on yourself.• In part, he thought, Kathy had brought it on herself: she had a personality that lured him on. → bring something on/upon somebody at bring(PHRASAL VERB) |
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