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| | if an animal such as a horse bucks, it kicks its back legs in the air or jumps off the ground in an uncontrolled way （马等）踢后腿跳起，弓背跃起 |
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| - | buck the trend/system spoken
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| to succeed in doing something even though there is a general tendency for this not to happen |
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| Scottish industry bucked the UK trend with a 5% rise in exports. 苏格兰顶住了英国的趋势，工业出口增加5%。 |
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| - | ˌbuck ˈup |
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| 1 | informal to try to make someone happier, or to become happier （使某人）快活起来，振作起来 | I took him out to lunch to try to buck him up a bit. 我带他出去吃午饭，试图使他高兴一点。 | |
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| 2 | buck up BRITISH spoken used for telling someone to try harder 加把劲；加油 |
| | - | buck up BRITISH spoken old-fashioned
| | used for telling someone to hurry | | 赶快；快点 | | | | | |
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