crank up

1. PHRASAL VERB 使(机器或设备)提高效率
   If you crank up a machine or a device, you make it function harder or at a greater level.
   1. Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
      把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
2. PHRASAL VERB 启动(机器或设备)
   If you crank up a machine or device, you start it.
   1. ...May's warm weather, which caused Americans to crank up their air conditioners.
      5月份的温热天气使得美国人打开了空调
3. PHRASAL VERB 开大，调高(音量)
   If you crank up the volume of something, you turn it up until it is very loud.
   1. Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system...
      有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。
   2. By about six, they're cranking the music up loud again.
      到6点左右，他们又把音乐声音开大了。
4. PHRASAL VERB 使增加;使增强
   To crank something up means to increase it or make it more intense.
   1. The incident that cranked up the fear was the murder of Brian Smith...
      布赖恩·史密斯被谋杀的案子让人们更加恐惧。
   2. The legal authorities cranked up the investigation.
      执法部门加大了调查力度。

1. Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
   把助听器调高一两个刻度就可以。
2. Someone cranked up the volume of the public address system
   有人调大了公共广播系统的音量。
3. By about six, they're cranking the music up loud again.
   到6点左右，他们又把音乐声音开大了。
4. The incident that cranked up the fear was the murder of Brian Smith
   布赖恩·史密斯被谋杀的案子让人们更加恐惧。
5. The legal authorities cranked up the investigation.
   执法部门加大了调查力度。
6. Now, you can start thinking about including multiple pages or sheets in the same spreadsheet, adding formulas, and even including graphs so that you can really crank up the level of your output!
   现在，您可以开始考虑在一个电子表格中包含多个页面或工作表，添加公式，甚至包含曲线图，这样，您就可以真正提高您的输出水平了。
7. You can crank up the disaster recovery environment and check out what it takes to complete the steps& maybe even script the steps before making the change to your primary environment.
   可以启动灾难恢复环境，查明完成步骤需要什么&甚至可以编写执行步骤的脚本，然后再修改主环境。
8. Crank up the clock cycles.
   加快时钟周期。
9. Turn off your inner-chatter, crank up your listening ear, and enjoy the sounds of the whole other world you are now a part of.
   关掉你内心的声音，竖起耳朵来听，享受另一个世界的声音，而你现在正是这世界的一部分。
10. These chemical marks can activate, silence or crank up genes and their actions.
    这些化学印记可激活、消除或加剧基因活动。
11. A good playlist can do wonders for your spirit, so slip on some headphones and crank up the tunes.
    一张合适的播放列表可以激发你的灵感，所以，带上你的耳机调高音量吧。
12. If the reforms do fizzle, the government could well try to boost the economy again by deploying the old approach of big infrastructure spending and ordering state-owned banks to crank up their lending – precisely the model that many analysts say has become a blueprint for unsustainable growth.
    如果改革最终以失败收场，政府将再次通过以往的方式提振经济&大力投资基础设施，授意国有银行加大放贷。许多分析师表示，正是这样一种模式为经济增长的不可持续性埋下了伏笔。
13. Dear house: When I wake up, please turn on the lights, crank up the heat, play some tunes and brew my coffee.
    亲爱的房子：当我起床的时候，请打开电灯，调高室温，放点音乐，把我的咖啡煮好。
14. This experience has made Beijing hesitant to crank up another big stimulus.
    这个经历使北京方面在出台又一轮大规模刺激的问题上有所犹豫。
15. People tend to crank up the volume on their devices to make up for this. It's imperative that your headphones fit correctly, so you should test out a few different kinds before buying.
    人们往往通过增加他们的音量来弥补这一个缺陷。耳机必须要选择完全合适的，所以在买手机之前，你需要测试几种不同类型的耳机。
16. I am not as engaged in my work as my peers, she reflects. To make partner she would have to crank up her commitment – and she just cannot bear to do that.
    她若有所思地说道：我不像其他同事那样投入工作了。如果她想成为合伙人，就要更加拼命，而她就是受不了这么拼命。
17. My car won't start, I don't know why, it just won't crank up.
    我的车就是发不动，我不知道为什么，它就是发不起来。
18. Can you crank up the volume a little bit?
    你能把声音调高一点吗？
19. Some crank rang up claiming he was a terrorist.
    某个怪人打电话自称是恐怖分子。
20. The manger wants us to crank up the production line. Manage the cutting production and administer its personnel, define their training and development needs.
    管理人员希望我们提高生产线的作业速度。管理切片的生产，并确定相关人员的培训需求。
21. He needs to crank it up, have himself some fun this weekend.
    他需要发动起来，因为这个周末他有个约会。
22. And, when I play god I can crank up the global mutation rate.
    而且，当我扮演上帝时，我能加快全局突变率。
23. Lower hydroelectric and nuclear output has forced some countries to crank up more costly oil-burning generators, sending energy prices soaring.
    水力发电和核发电量下降，迫使一些国家加快使用成本更高的燃油发电机，从而推动能源价格飞涨。
24. Will you please help me to crank up the engine?
    请你帮助我用曲柄发动引擎好吗？
25. Study on Kinematical Simulation for Crank Swinging up of Remote Control Pruning Branch-avoiding Machine
    遥控自动立木整枝机避让机构曲臂上摆运动仿真的研究
26. Crank up some tunes: Play music that brings up good memories.
    制造些音乐：播放音乐能唤起美好记忆。
27. Given time, it could crank itself up for a major crisis.
    假以时日，它才能曲折成长到足以应付大危机。
28. Analysts estimate BHP and Rio alone will crank up capacity by an extra 70m tonnes.
    分析师估计，仅必和必拓及力拓就会额外增加7000万吨产能。
29. Close your eyes, crank up the volume on your MP3 and the integrated speakers in the Sonic Chair give you the sound of being at a gig in the comfort of your home.
    闭上眼睛，调高MP3的音量，“音响椅子”会让你在家就能感受到演出般的震撼效果。
30. Provided regulators do not allow banks to crank up their credit risks, profit margins on loans are restrained along with their volumes.
    假如监管部门不允许银行扩大贷款风险，那么贷款利润率以及放贷额就会受到抑制。

verb

1. rotate with a crank

   Synonym:    crank

2. start by cranking
   1. crank up the engine

   Synonym:    crank