uplift

英 [ˈʌplɪft , ˌʌpˈlɪft]

美 [ˈʌplɪft , ˌʌpˈlɪft]

n.  提高; 抬高; 增长; 增加; 振奋; 鼓舞; (地壳的)隆起，上升
v.  鼓励; 激励; 使振奋

复数：uplifts　过去式：uplifted　过去分词：uplifted　第三人称单数：uplifts　现在分词：uplifting　

TEM8

BNC.12721 / COCA.17108

牛津词典

noun

• 提高；抬高；增长；增加
  the fact of sth being raised or of sth increasing
  1. an uplift in sales
     销售的增长
  2. an uplift bra (= that raises the breasts)
     挺高式乳罩
• 振奋；鼓舞
  a feeling of hope and happiness
  1. The news gave them a much needed uplift.
     这消息给他们带来了及时的鼓舞。
• （地壳的）隆起，上升
  the process or result of land being moved to a higher level by movements inside the earth

verb

• 鼓励；激励；使振奋
  to make sb feel happier or give sb more hope

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /ʌp'lɪft/. The noun is pronounced /'ʌplɪft/. 动词读作/ʌp'lɪft/，名词读作/'ʌplɪft/。


• VERB 使振奋；提升
  If somethingupliftspeople, it helps them to have a better life, for example by making them feel happy or by improving their social conditions.
  1. We need a little something to help sometimes, to uplift us and make us feel better...
     有时候，我们需要一些小东西来激励自己，使自己感觉更好。
  2. Art was created to uplift the mind and the spirit.
     艺术创作旨在陶冶情操。
  3. Upliftis also a noun.
     
  4. This victory was a massive uplift for us.
     这个胜利对我们来说是巨大的鼓舞。
• N-COUNT 上扬；上涨；增长
  In economics, anupliftin something such as the price of shares is an increase in their value.
  1. ...an uplift in the stock market...
     股市上涨
  2. Its shares were down across the first quarter, but are now showing a 20 per cent uplift.
     它的股票在第一季度陷入低迷，但现在累计已有20%的涨幅。

英英释义

noun

• a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
• (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
  Synonym:upheavalupthrowupthrust

verb

• fill with high spirits
  1. Music can uplift your spirits
  Synonym:elatelift uppick upintoxicate
• lift up or elevate
• lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
  1. the earth's movement uplifted this part of town

双语例句

• The fundamental goal of economic development is to uplift the living standards and quality of life of the people.
  发展经济的根本目的是提高全国人民的生活水平和质量。
• Mountains work on the human unconscious with their powers of uplift.
  高山对于人类的无意识有高耸仰止的力量。
• The combined effect of uplift and denudation upon the temperature gradient can be obtained by formula ( 3.86).
  抬升和剥蚀对温度梯度的联合效应可以根据公式（3.86）进行估定。
• He advised me to utilize the remaining years of my transitory life in self uplift and social service.
  他建议我把我的短暂的有生之年奉献到自我提升和社会服务上来。
• Lintong-Chang an Fault is an important boundary fault between Lishan uplift and Zhouzhi-Huxian depression in Weihe basin.
  临潼-长安断裂是渭河盆地内部骊山凸起与周至-户县凹陷之间一条重要的边界性断裂。
• But they add that the drop will roughly be balanced by slow uplift due to tectonic activity.
  但是他们补充道，下降的1米大致会由地质构造活动缓慢的抬升来粗略达到平衡。
• Numerical value show: circular-ring energy dissipater can control seismic response and uplift.
  数值计算表明：圆环耗能器能够有效的控制地震响应及提离。
• During upper Silurian-Devonian, the basin is in extrusion state, and turn up large scale uplift;
  晚志留世-泥盆纪盆地处于挤压状态，出现了大范围的隆起；
• We need a little something to help sometimes, to uplift us and make us feel better
  有时候，我们需要一些小东西来激励自己，使自己感觉更好。
• Analysis on the Meso-Neozoic subsidence and uplift history of the periphery of Ordos basin using apatite fission track;
  本文利用砂岩中磷灰石的裂变径迹方法，研究了伊犁盆地中生代抬升-剥露事件。