uplift

英 [ˈʌplɪft , ˌʌpˈlɪft]

美 [ˈʌplɪft , ˌʌpˈlɪft]

n.  提高; 抬高; 增长; 增加; 振奋; 鼓舞; (地壳的)隆起，上升
v.  鼓励; 激励; 使振奋

复数：uplifts　过去式：uplifted　过去分词：uplifted　第三人称单数：uplifts　现在分词：uplifting　

TEM8

BNC.12721 / COCA.17108

牛津词典

noun

• 提高；抬高；增长；增加
  the fact of sth being raised or of sth increasing
  1. an uplift in sales
     销售的增长
  2. an uplift bra (= that raises the breasts)
     挺高式乳罩
• 振奋；鼓舞
  a feeling of hope and happiness
  1. The news gave them a much needed uplift.
     这消息给他们带来了及时的鼓舞。
• （地壳的）隆起，上升
  the process or result of land being moved to a higher level by movements inside the earth

verb

• 鼓励；激励；使振奋
  to make sb feel happier or give sb more hope

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /ʌp'lɪft/. The noun is pronounced /'ʌplɪft/. 动词读作/ʌp'lɪft/，名词读作/'ʌplɪft/。


• VERB 使振奋；提升
  If somethingupliftspeople, it helps them to have a better life, for example by making them feel happy or by improving their social conditions.
  1. We need a little something to help sometimes, to uplift us and make us feel better...
     有时候，我们需要一些小东西来激励自己，使自己感觉更好。
  2. Art was created to uplift the mind and the spirit.
     艺术创作旨在陶冶情操。
  3. Upliftis also a noun.
     
  4. This victory was a massive uplift for us.
     这个胜利对我们来说是巨大的鼓舞。
• N-COUNT 上扬；上涨；增长
  In economics, anupliftin something such as the price of shares is an increase in their value.
  1. ...an uplift in the stock market...
     股市上涨
  2. Its shares were down across the first quarter, but are now showing a 20 per cent uplift.
     它的股票在第一季度陷入低迷，但现在累计已有20%的涨幅。

英英释义

noun

• a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
• (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
  Synonym:upheavalupthrowupthrust

verb

• fill with high spirits
  1. Music can uplift your spirits
  Synonym:elatelift uppick upintoxicate
• lift up or elevate
• lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
  1. the earth's movement uplifted this part of town

双语例句

• Lintong-Chang an Fault is an important boundary fault between Lishan uplift and Zhouzhi-Huxian depression in Weihe basin.
  临潼-长安断裂是渭河盆地内部骊山凸起与周至-户县凹陷之间一条重要的边界性断裂。
• We need a little something to help sometimes, to uplift us and make us feel better
  有时候，我们需要一些小东西来激励自己，使自己感觉更好。
• During upper Silurian-Devonian, the basin is in extrusion state, and turn up large scale uplift;
  晚志留世-泥盆纪盆地处于挤压状态，出现了大范围的隆起；
• Therefore, Erboliang and Lenghu tectonic belt belong to uplift belt over depression belt.
  鄂博梁构造带与冷湖构造带属于“凹”上“隆”；
• Uplift pile and compressive pile mechanism analysis and loading capacity calculation
  抗拔桩和抗压桩的机理分析及承载力计算
• Its shares were down across the first quarter, but are now showing a 20 per cent uplift.
  它的股票在第一季度陷入低迷，但现在累计已有20%的涨幅。
• Sedimentation ceases: tilling or folding is accompanied or followed by uplift.
  沉积间断，即掀斜或褶皱伴生或伴随着抬升运动。
• He advised me to utilize the remaining years of my transitory life in self uplift and social service.
  他建议我把我的短暂的有生之年奉献到自我提升和社会服务上来。
• The uplift concomitance with strike-slip faults is consequent on restraining bend in plate oblique collision.
  在板块斜向碰撞中，与走滑断层相伴生的隆升是弯曲挤压的必然结果。
• They occurred under the tectonic setting ranging from post collision uplift to late orogenesis.
  产生于板块碰撞后隆起到造山晚期的构造背景。