- with obj. raise to a higher position or level抬起, 举起：
he lifted his trophy over his head.
他把奖杯举过头顶。
- move (one's eyes or face) to face upwards and look at someone or something抬头（看）：
he lifted his eyes for an instant.
他抬起眼睛看了一会儿。
- increase the volume or pitch of (one's voice)提高（嗓子）音量, 尖起（嗓子）：
Willie sang boldly, lifting up his voice.
威利大胆地放开嗓子唱起歌来。
- increase (a price or amount)抬高（价格）; 增加（数量）：
the building society lifted its interest rates by 0.75 of a point.
购房贷款互助会把利率提高了0.75个百分点。
- with obj. and adverbial transport by air用飞机运输, 空运：
a helicopter lifted 11 crew to safety from the ship.
直升飞机把11名船员从船上救往安全地点。
- no obj. move upwards; be raised向上移动, 被抬起：
Thomas's eyelids drowsily lifted
托马斯懒洋洋地抬了抬眼皮
their voices lifted in wails and cries.
他们提高嗓门嚎啕大哭起来。
- no obj.(of a cloud, fog, etc.) move upwards or away（云、雾等）向上移动; 散开：
the factory smoke hung low, never lifted
工厂的烟低悬在空中, 一直没有散开
the grey weather lifted on the following Wednesday.
灰蒙蒙的天在下一个星期三晴朗了起来。
- perform cosmetic surgery on (especially the face or breasts) to reduce sagging做美容手术（尤指面部手术或隆胸以矫正下垂）：
surgeons lift and remove excess skin from the face and neck.
外科医生做脸部和颈部美容手术, 除去多余的皮肤。
- dig up (something, especially root vegetables at harvest)挖（根茎蔬菜等）。
- with obj. and adverbial of direction pick up and move to a different position拿起来放到…：
he lifted her down from the pony's back.
他把她从马背上抱下来。
- figurative enable (someone or something) to escape from a particular state of mind or situation, especially an unpleasant one〈喻〉使摆脱不愉快的心情（或处境）：
two billion barrels of oil that could lift this nation out of chronic poverty.
足以使这个国家摆脱长期贫困的20亿桶石油。
- improve the rank or position of (a person or team)（个人、运动队的）晋级：
this victory lifted United into third place.
这次胜利使得联队晋升为第三名。
- carry off or win (a prize or event)赢得（奖品或比赛）：
she staged a magnificent comeback to lift the British Open title.
她辉煌复出, 想要摘取英国公开赛的桂冠。
- with obj. raise (a person's spirits or confidence); encourage or cheer振奋精神, 鼓励, 鼓舞：
we heard inspiring talks which lifted our spirits.
我们听到激动人心的讲话, 鼓舞了斗志。
- no obj.(of a person's mood) become happier（情绪, 心境）变好, 变得高兴起来：
suddenly his heart lifted and he could have wept with relief.
他突然变得高兴起来, 差点儿如释重负地哭出来。
- with obj. formally remove or end (a legal restriction, decision, or ban)解除（法律限制或决定, 禁令）：
the European Community lifted its oil embargo against South Africa.
欧洲共同体解除了对南非的石油禁运。
- with obj. informal steal (something, especially a minor item of property)〈非正式〉偷（小东西）, 顺手牵羊：
the shirt she had lifted from a supermarket.
她从超市偷来的衬衫。
- use (a person's work or ideas) without permission or acknowledgement剽窃（他人作品或想法）：
this is a hackneyed adventure lifted straight from a vintage Lassie episode.
这是从《少女》一书最精彩的情节中直接剽窃得来的一个老一套冒险故事。
- arrest逮捕：
that night the army came and lifted Buckley.
那天晚上, 军队来人抓走了巴克利。
- something that is used for lifting, in particular提举的用具, 尤指：
- Brit. a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different floors or levels〈英〉电梯。
- a device incorporating a moving cable for carrying people, typically skiers, up or down a mountain（尤指滑雪者用的）上下山缆车。
- a built-up heel or device worn in a boot or shoe to make the wearer appear taller or to correct shortening of a leg（置于鞋中, 用于使身材显高或矫正双腿长短不一的）后跟垫, 插跟。
- an act of lifting举：
weightlifters attempting a particularly heavy lift.
尝试很重一举的举重运动员。
- a rise in price or amount（价格的）上涨; （数量的）增长：
the company has already produced a 10 per cent lift in profits.
公司利润已经提高了10％.
- an increase in volume or pitch of a person's speaking voice（音量或嗓音高度的）提高。
- informal an instance of stealing or plagiarizing something〈非正式〉盗窃; 剽窃。
- mass noun upward force that counteracts the force of gravity, produced by changing the direction and speed of a moving stream of air提升力（能抵消重力, 由改变气流的运动方向和速度而产生）：
it had separate engines to provide lift and generate forward speed.
它有几个不同的引擎, 分别提供提升力和产生前行速度。
- the maximum weight that an aircraft can raise（飞机的）最大提升重量。
- mass noun Cricket the tendency of a ball bowled to rise sharply on bouncing【板球】高飞（投出的球触地反弹时急速上升）。
- a free ride in another person's vehicle搭便车：
Miss Green is giving me a lift back to school.
格林小姐让我搭便车回学校。
- in sing. a feeling of encouragement or increased cheerfulness鼓舞; 振奋：
winning this match has given everyone at the club a lift.
这场比赛的胜利让俱乐部的所有成员都受到了鼓舞。
lift a finger（或 hand）
- usu. with negative make the slightest effort to do something, especially to help someone（尤指为帮助别人）作举手之劳：
he never once lifted a finger to get Jimmy released from prison.
帮吉米出狱的事儿, 他连手指也没动一下。
lift his（或 its leg）
- informal (of a male dog) urinate.〈非正式〉（公狗）抬腿撒尿。
liftable
adjectivelifter
nounlift off
- (of an aircraft, spacecraft, or rocket) rise from the ground or a launch pad, especially vertically（飞机, 宇宙飞船, 火箭）起飞, 升空, 发射（尤指垂直起飞, 升空或发射）。