work up

1. See also: She worked herself up into a bit of a state... Don't just lie there working yourself up, do something about it. worked up
2. PHRASAL VERB 激发(热情）;鼓起（勇气)
   If you work up the enthusiasm or courage to do something, you succeed in making yourself feel it.
   1. Your creative talents can also be put to good use, if you can work up the energy...
      如果你能让自己精力充沛起来，你的创作才能也能得到很好的发挥。
   2. Malcolm worked up the nerve to ask Grandma Rose for some help.
      马尔科姆鼓起勇气请罗丝奶奶帮点忙。
3. PHRASAL VERB 使自己出(汗);激起(食欲)
   If you work up a sweat or an appetite, you make yourself sweaty or hungry by doing exercise or hard work.
   1. You can really work up a sweat doing housework...
      做家务真的会让人大汗淋漓。
   2. It was around seven when I finished at the library. I wasn't hungry, but I'd worked up a thirst.
      我从图书馆出来时大约是7点。我不饿，但是觉得口渴。
4. PHRASAL VERB 准备，撰写(文章等)
   If you work up something such as a piece of writing, you spend time and effort preparing it.
   1. I sketched the layout of a prototype store and worked up a business plan...
      我画出店的布局草图，拟订了一份商业计划。
   2. They asked me to work up some sample drawings and bring them down.
      他们请我画一些样图带过去。

1. I'd dropped a hint about having an exhibition of his work up here
   我已经暗示要在这里举办一次他的作品展。
2. She worked herself up into a bit of a state
   她把自己弄得有点儿紧张。
3. Don't just lie there working yourself up, do something about it.
   不要光躺在那儿生气，要做点儿什么。
4. Your creative talents can also be put to good use, if you can work up the energy
   如果你能让自己精力充沛起来，你的创作才能也能得到很好的发挥。
5. Malcolm worked up the nerve to ask Grandma Rose for some help.
   马尔科姆鼓起勇气请罗丝奶奶帮点忙。
6. You can really work up a sweat doing housework
   做家务真的会让人大汗淋漓。
7. It was around seven when I finished at the library. I wasn't hungry, but I'd worked up a thirst.
   我从图书馆出来时大约是7点。我不饿，但是觉得口渴。
8. I sketched the layout of a prototype store and worked up a business plan
   我画出店的布局草图，拟订了一份商业计划。
9. They asked me to work up some sample drawings and bring them down.
   他们请我画一些样图带过去。
10. This medicine will work up an appetite.
    这种药有开胃作用。
11. It took the company some years to work up so good a market.
    公司经营了几年终于发展起了这么好的市场。
12. This is more work up front, but it means that Capistrano can later manage the server quite easily.
    这需要事先做更多的操作，但是它意味着Capistrano之后可以更快速简单地管理这个服务器。
13. You may want to begin simply and then work up to more complex configurations.
    可以从简单的开始，然后逐渐进行复杂的配置。
14. Well, heres another reason to work up a sweat: Exercise tightens the skin on your entire body.
    还有个足够让你运动到大汗淋漓的原因：运动能拉紧整个身体的皮肤。
15. Break your work up into chunks.
    把你的工作分为几小块。
16. You need to work up an appetite first, then well go to the buffet.
    你得先让自己饿得饥肠辘辘，然后我们再去吃自助餐。
17. So start with 1-2 things per week and work up from there.
    所以每周改变一两件事，就从这开始。
18. One night, however, our vicar work up with a start: the clock was striking the hours!
    一天夜里，我们的牧师突然被惊醒了，大钟又在“打点”报时了！
19. Since I was a kid, if I don't run around or play a sport and work up a sweat, I get antsy. If I go a few days without exercise, I have a hard time focusing.
    从小时候起，如果不到处跑，如果不参加体育活动，出一身汗，我就会坐立不安。如果有几天不运动，我就难以集中精力。
20. Work up to progress gradually to gradual improvement or growth or development.
    逐步发展到，渐渐达到逐步发展、提高、前进。
21. I'm finally able to work up a head of steam about my new project after the long vacation.
    经过一个长假后我终于能把自己的新项目理出个头绪来。
22. Over time, work up to exercising on most days of the week for30-60 minutes.
    随着时间的推移，一周的大部分天数里您可以锻炼30-60分钟。
23. Work up a list of the photographers we checked in this morning.
    写一分我们今天早上调查的摄影师名单。
24. I am trying to work up influence with the department.
    我正在想办法对部里的人施加点影响。
25. You will learn a new skill and work up a sweat at the same time.
    这样的话，你在辛勤流汗的同时也学会了一项新技能。
26. Despite all his efforts, he could not work up any enthusiasm for the scheme.
    尽管他做了很大的努力，他仍然未能激起支持这一计划的热情。
27. I frown at the page and try to work up my nerve, annoyed with my mother and National Geographic for reminding me how lucky I am.
    对着这页纸皱着眉头，我努力克服自己的紧张心理，同时非常恼火妈妈和《国家地理》，他们总是提醒我我有多幸运。
28. We're going to have to work up a list of obvious possible targets.
    我们得列一张最可能受到打击的目标清单。
29. Can't work up much enthusiasm for the chess match.
    对象棋比赛提不起什么兴致。
30. I can't work up any enthusiasm for his decision.
    我不怎么喜欢他的决定。

verb

1. develop
   1. we worked up an as of an appetite

   Synonym:    get up

2. come up with
   1. His colleagues worked out his interesting idea
   2. We worked up an ad for our client

   Synonym:    work out

3. form or accumulate steadily
   1. Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
   2. Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

   Synonym:    build upbuildprogress

4. bolster or strengthen
   1. We worked up courage
   2. build up confidence
   3. ramp up security in the airports

   Synonym:    build upbuildramp up