build up

柯林斯词典

1. PHRASAL VERB If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example, because more is added to it. 使逐渐变大; 逐渐变大
The regime built up the largest army in Africa. 该政权逐渐建立起一支在非洲规模最大的军队。
The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years. 这些收藏是在过去的17年里逐渐收集的。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you build someone up, you help them to feel stronger or more confident, especially when they have had a bad experience or have been ill. 使振作
Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear. 用友善和富有同情心的倾听来使她振作起来。
3. PHRASAL VERB If you build someone or something up, you make them seem important or exciting, for example, by talking about them a lot. 吹捧; 大肆宣传
The media will report on it and the tabloids will build it up. 媒体将对它进行报导，小报将对其大肆宣传。
The football community built him up as the saviour of the sport. 足球界曾把他吹捧为这项运动的救星。
4. →see also build , build , build-up , built-up