step up

1. PHRASAL VERB 增加(数量等);提高(速度、强度等)
   If you step up something, you increase it or increase its intensity.
   1. He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to Somalia...
      他敦促各捐赠方加快速度将援助物资送往索马里。
   2. Security is being stepped up to deal with the increase in violence...
      正在加强安保工作以应对日益增多的暴力活动。
   3. There are reports of stepped-up fighting in El Salvador.
      有报道称萨尔瓦多的战斗已经升级。

1. The meeting ended with a pledge to step up cooperation between the six states of the region.
   会议以承诺加快这一地区六国间的合作而结束。
2. He urged donors to step up their efforts to send aid to Somalia
   他敦促各捐赠方加快速度将援助物资送往索马里。
3. Security is being stepped up to deal with the increase in violence
   正在加强安保工作以应对日益增多的暴力活动。
4. One by one, member countries are announcing plans to step up their commitment.
   北约成员国一个接一个地宣布计划加强它们对阿富汗行动的承诺。
5. Shake it off and take a step up.
   抖掉身上的土，向上走一步。
6. We should also step up strategic dialogues and consultations to deepen understanding, expand common ground and promote cooperation.
   我们也应该加强战略性对话和磋商，以加深了解、扩大共识、促进合作。
7. These concerns have prompted China's central bank and its top securities regulator to step up credit-risk monitoring.
   这些担忧促使中国央行和最高证券监管机构加大了对信贷风险的监控力度。
8. Rich governments and donors need to step up.
   富有的政府和捐赠者需要加快脚步。
9. Fears of a possible faltering of the recovery forced the government to step up stimulus spending.
   对经济复苏可能步履维艰的恐惧，迫使政府加大了刺激性支出的力度。
10. I was to step up front and center to help you out.
    我来中心是要帮助你的。
11. Her new job is a big step up for her.
    新工作对她来讲是上了很大的一个台阶。
12. Now that you have mastered these two basic exercises, you're ready to step up your game.
    现在你已经掌握了这两种基本的锻炼，你可以加强你的游戏。
13. Will people step up ahead of the shift?
    人们会在极移之前加紧（领袖选举）吗？
14. Step up double cropping and livestock-crop integration.
    增加套种和禽畜-作物一体化。
15. In the course of the second half of the year, the economy should then step up a gear.
    在今年下半年中，欧元区经济增速将上一个台阶。
16. Government reforms to gas pricing models for exploration and production companies have encouraged them to step up their activities.
    政府对勘探及生产企业天然气定价模式的改革，鼓励了这些企业加紧勘探及生产活动。
17. People think I'm French or James Dean, which is a step up for me.
    人们认为我是法国人或者是詹姆斯，迪恩，这对我来说是提高我了。
18. So American magazine editors, I plead to you: It's time to step up your game.
    美国的杂志编辑们，我恳求你们：是迎头赶上的时候了。
19. They should step up exchanges and cooperation on the basis of equality and mutual benefit.
    他们应该加强交流与合作的基础上，平等和互利。
20. One will help Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and India step up enforcement.
    一个将帮助不丹、孟加拉、尼泊尔和印度加强实施工作。
21. I evaluate all this and start sending out impulses to step up production of gastric juices and saliva.
    我核计了这一切，开始传出搏动以加快生产胃液和唾液。
22. We should step up worldwide energy dialogue and cooperation, jointly maintain energy security and energy market stability.
    应该加强全球能源对话和合作，共同维护能源安全和能源市场稳定；
23. I want to step up my English level, but it's too tough.
    我想提高我的英语水平，但是太不容易了。
24. But imagine that she should step up and down the two floors of steep stairs everyday.
    想像一下，她每天要上下两个楼层陡峭的楼梯。
25. I step up the breathing rate& timing the contraction and relaxation of chest muscles.
    我增加呼吸率&调节胸部肌肉的收缩和舒张的速率。
26. We should further promote dialogue and reconciliation and step up the solution of regional hot issues.
    我们要进一步促进对话与和解，推动地区热点问题的解决。
27. We made every effort to step up the building of our artillery and engineer corps.
    我们做了极大努力加速炮兵及工兵部队的建设。
28. When your time comes, you either step up or you look for a new career.
    你的时机来了，你可以进入高层，或者开始一段新生活。
29. We'll do all we can to step up our aid to our fraternal countries.
    我们将尽力加强对兄弟国家的援助。
30. But different players step up – maybe it is not one player but we share the responsibility.
    但不同的球员站了出来&也许无法一对一的顶替，但我们分担了责任。

verb

1. increase in extent or intensity
   1. The Allies escalated the bombing

   Synonym:    escalateintensify

2. speed up
   1. let's rev up production

   Synonym:    rev up

3. make oneself visible
   1. Young people should step to the fore and help their peers

   Synonym:    come to the forestep forwardcome forwardstep to the forecome out