gear up

英 [ɡɪə(r) ʌp]

美 [ɡɪr ʌp]

为…做准备; 为做…做好了准备

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 为…作准备/ 为…作好了准备
  If someoneis gearing up fora particular activity, they are preparing to do it. If theyare geared up todo a particular activity, they are prepared to do it.
  1. ...another indication that the Government is gearing up for an election...
     政府正准备进行选举的另一个迹象
  2. The factory was geared up to make 1,100 cars a day.
     工厂已经可以日产1,100辆车。

英英释义

verb

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  1. Get the children ready for school!
  2. prepare for war
  3. I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
  Synonym:fixprepareset upreadyset

双语例句

• To tackle the problem of insufficient consumer demand, China will further its efforts in preparing for/ further gear up investment in fixed assets.
  为了解决消费需求不足的问题，我国将进一步作好对固定资产投资的准备。
• We must gear up industry to meet defense needs.
  我们必须促进工业生产，以适应防卫的需要。
• We need to pick up the speed a little bit. We're losing him. Come on. We'd better gear up, or we'll be late.
  我们得开快一点。我们快跟不上他了。快！开快点儿，不然要迟到了。
• Many farmers are not increasing output because they are not equipped to gear up production or because market distortions mean they do not benefit from higher food prices.
  许多农民没有增加产出，是因为他们没有提高产量所需的设备，或者是市场扭曲让他们无法从食品价格上涨中获益。
• Some brokers had a policy of covering client losses beyond their deposit in the short term, thus allowing customers to gear up their accounts.
  一些经纪商采用的方法是在短期内弥补客户在其存款之外的亏损，从而让客户加速其账户的交易。
• Reluctantly I gear up in a hooded rainproof coat and heavy black boots.
  我勉勉强强地穿上带兜帽的防雨外套和沉重的黑雨靴，全副武装。
• Staying with one design gives more opportunity for UK companies to gear up to supply because their order books will be longer, he says, adding that the UK nuclear construction industry perished because it had too many designs and could not agree on one.
  他表示：坚持一种设计让准备提供供应的英国公司获得更多机会，因为它们的订单将会更长。他补充称，英国核电站建设行业之所以消亡，就是因为它们的设计太多，无法统一意见。
• When you are going fast enough, you'll be able to gear up.
  车开得足够快时，你就能换挡加速。
• If railway executives fail to gear up, private-equity firms may well do it for them.
  如果铁路行政部门没能够准备就绪，那些私有普通股份公司会帮助他们的。
• You need enough space to work methodically in order to gear up correctly.
  你需要足够的区域来按系统进行装备的穿戴。