turn up
phrasal verbturn up
- to be found, especially by chance, after being lost
（尤指失去后偶然）被发现，被找到 - Don't worry about the letter—I'm sure it'll turn up.
别为那封信担心，我相信会找到的。
- Don't worry about the letter—I'm sure it'll turn up.
- (of a person) to arrive
到达；来到；露面 - We arranged to meet at 7.30, but she never turned up.
我们约好 7:30 碰头，但她根本没露面。
- We arranged to meet at 7.30, but she never turned up.
- (of an opportunity) to happen, especially by chance
偶然出现；到来 - He's still hoping something (= for example, a job or a piece of luck) will turn up.
他仍然在希望会有机会出现。
- He's still hoping something (= for example, a job or a piece of luck) will turn up.
turn something up
- to increase the sound, heat, etc. of a piece of equipment
开大，调高（音量、热量等） - Could you turn the TV up?
你能把电视机的音量开大些吗？ - + adj. The music was turned up loud.
音乐的音量开大了。
- Could you turn the TV up?
- (British English) to make a piece of clothing shorter by folding and sewing it up at the bottom
将（衣服的底边）折起缝好；改短 - to find something
找到；发现 - Our efforts to trace him turned up nothing.
我们辛辛苦苦跟踪他，却无功而返。
- Our efforts to trace him turned up nothing.