| 词组 | work up |
| 释义 | work up 1. work up sth • work sth up if you work up a feeling such as courage, interest, or sympathy, you try to make yourself feel it, especially with difficulty: ▪ We'd already lost one game, and we couldn't work up any enthusiasm for another. work up the courage/energy to do sth ▪ The boys were obviously watching us, and working up the courage to speak to us. ▪ I'm so tired I can't even work up the energy to go to bed. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑summon up 2. work up an appetite/thirst to make yourself feel hungry or thirsty, by taking some exercise or waiting a long time before you eat or drink: ▪ We went for a brisk walk along the beach to work up an appetite for dinner. 3. be worked up to feel very angry, excited, or upset about something: ▪ Mel seemed to be very worked up about something. get worked up (about sth) ▪ Tim's always late, so there's no point in getting so worked up about it. ■ SIMILAR TO: be agitated 4. work sb up to make someone feel upset, worried, or excited: + into ▪ He was a brilliant speaker and knew exactly how to work his audience up into a state of excitement. work yourself up ▪ Stop working yourself up over nothing and let's have a drink. 5. work sth up • work up sth to produce a final plan, design, or piece of writing from the ideas or information that you have: ▪ U-Haul worked up the design for the posters and Dial Corp is printing them. + into ▪ I'd like you to take detailed notes, and work them up into a report later. 6. work up to gradually increase the amount of something that you do or take regularly: ▪ In general with this drug, it's best to start with a low dose and then work up. + to ▪ Start with ten minutes of exercises each day and work up to half an hour. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑build up 7. work up a sweat to take enough exercise to make your body get hot and start to sweat (=produce liquid from your skin): ▪ You need to run two or three miles a day, just enough to work up a sweat. |
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