up-tick

1. Baselines are also invaluable for planning, as you can correlate an anticipated or observed up-tick in usage to an expansion of resources.
   基线对于制定计划也非常有价值，可以根据基线和预计或观察到的使用量决定增加多少资源。
2. The researchers found that by activating good luck beliefs, these objects were consistently able to boost peoples self-confidence and that this up-tick in self-assurance in turn affected a wide range of performance.
   研究人员发现，一旦激发人们对幸运符带来好运的信念，这些幸运符便能够长久地激发人的自信，而这种对积极的自我肯定反过来也能影响很多方面的表现。
3. First, you can expect an up-tick in your health ( the twelfth house rules hospitals, rehab, physical therapy, and all sorts of treatment, including psychological advice).
   首先，你可以期待一个健康状况的小提升（十二宫掌管医护，复原，疗养和各种养护，包括心理上的建议）。

noun

1. a small increase
   1. the up-tick in terrorist activity