| 词组 | bump |
| 释义 | bump [bumped, bumped, bumping] bump along bump along • bump along sth if the level or rate of something bumps along, it continues at the same low level or rate, without making much progress: ▪ The standard of living for the average family has bumped along without showing any significant increase. bump along the bottom ▪ In its latest report, the Bank of England said the economy was still bumping along the bottom. bump into bump into sb to meet someone that you know by chance, when you did not plan or expect to meet them: ▪ Guess who I bumped into on holiday - Alex Barrett! ▪ It's such a small town that you can't go anywhere without bumping into someone you know. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑run into bump off bump sb off • bump off sb informal to deliberately kill someone: ▪ The rumour was that he had bumped his first wife off to get the insurance money. get bumped off ▪ The bad guy usually gets bumped off at the end of the story. ■ SIMILAR TO: murder, ↑do away with informal, ↑do in informal bump up bump up sth • bump sth up informal to increase a price, rate, number etc, especially suddenly and by a large amount: ▪ The government have really bumped up the price of petrol this year. ▪ We had Mike on our team, which helped to bump up our score. bump up against bump up against sth to have to deal with something that limits what you can do, or causes unexpected problems for you: ▪ Political parties find themselves bumping up against the federal spending limits for election campaigning. ▪ Women trying to get to the top would suddenly bump up against a "glass ceiling", once they got beyond a certain level. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑come up against |
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