英语词组open up是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

词组	open up
释义	open up 1. open up • open up sth • *open sth* up if a new shop, business etc opens up or is opened up, someone starts it: ▪ Expensive restaurants and night clubs were opening up all over the city. ▪ It was 1946 when Siegel opened up the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑start up ■ OPPOSITE: close down 2. open up** • open up sth • *open sth* up** if opportunities open up or a new situation opens them up, they become available or possible: ▪ A whole new life was opening up before her. ▪ A move to New York would open up all kinds of exciting possibilities. 3. open up sth • *open sth* up • open up to make it easier for people travel to a country or area, or to increase the opportunities for business and development there: ▪ They saw the new railroad as a means of opening up the far west of Canada. + to** ▪ India was ready to open up to foreign investment. ▪ MacBrayne's new ferry service has opened the island up to tourism. 4. open up sth • *open sth* up** to open something that is closed, locked, or covered: ▪ He opened up his briefcase and took out a photograph. ▪ The grave had been opened up and the body removed. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑open 5. open up sth • *open sth* up** AmE to unfold something and spread it into a wide shape: ▪ I opened up the map to try to find Milwaukee Avenue. 6. open up • open up sth • *open sth* up** to open the door of a building, especially by unlocking it, so that people can enter: ▪ Open up! this is the police. ▪ The janitor was the only person authorized to lock and open up the building. 7. open up sth • *open sth* up to start a discussion or argument about a subject: ▪ Diana's death opened up a debate about the future of the Royal Family. ▪ When the report is published, it will probably open up the whole issue again. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑spark off 8. open up to start shooting, especially with a large gun: ▪ As our troops moved forward, the enemy opened up with machine guns. ■ SIMILAR TO: open fire 9. open up to stop being shy and say what you really think: ▪ Once she knew she could trust me, Melissa started to open up. 10. open up a lead/gap if someone competing in a game or race opens up a lead or gap, they increase the number of points or the distance by which they are winning: ▪ Minutes later the Australians scored again and opened up a 12 point lead. 11. open up** • open up sth • *open sth* up if a disagreement opens up, or if something opens up a disagreement between people, it starts to divide them: ▪ A rift has opened up between the President and his political advisers. 12. open up** • open up sth • *open sth* up if a hole, crack etc opens up, or if something opens it up, it appears and becomes wider: ▪ In 1985 an earthquake struck the city and a 20 metre-deep crack opened up in the Plaza Mayor. 13.** open up sb/sth • *open sb/sth* up** to do a medical operation on a person or animal's body, by cutting it open: ▪ The doctors said they'll have to open him up and remove the damaged tissue.
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