英语词组work up to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	work up to
释义	Phr V work up to works, working, worked work up to sth to gradually do more of an activity until you reach a particular level I started by practising for 10 minutes each morning and gradually worked up to an hour a day. to gradually prepare yourself for something that you will find difficult He'd wanted to ask her out and he'd been working up to it all week. phrasework up to1. work up to sth • work sb up to sth to gradually get ready to do something that seems difficult, or tell someone something that seems embarrassing: Topaz suddenly realized that Tim was working up to a proposal of marriage.work up to doing sth I hope you're not working up to telling me that you can't pay me what you owe.work yourself up to doing sth They've been working themselves up to asking for a pay rise, but I don't think they'll get it.■ SIMILAR TO: lead up to sth2. work up to sth to gradually do more of something, or do something that is more and more difficult, until you reach a particular level: If I were you I'd do the easy questions and then work up to the more difficult ones.■ SIMILAR TO: build up to sth work up to something 1. . Lit. [for something] to build or progress to something. (Usually concerning the weather.) The sky is working up to some kind of storm. The weather is working up to something severe. 2. . Fig. [for someone] to lead up to something. You are working up to telling me something unpleasant, aren't you? I think I am working up to a good cry.
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