| 词组 | pep someone up |
| 释义 | Idiom pep someone uppep (someone/something) up to make someone or something more active or exciting.With her energy and enthusiasm, she may be able to pep up the company's sales.She was always busy trying either to pep someone up or calm someone down. pep (one) upTo increase or enhance one's excitement, interest, energy, or alertness. The show was going really poorly until the host came out and pepped the audience up. I think I need some coffee to pep me up. pep someone upInvigorate someone or cheer someone up, as in This drink will pep you up, or The good news about his recovery pepped us up. [1920s] Both the verb pep and the noun pep, denoting vigor and energy since about 1910, are abbreviations for pepper, a spice with a pungent, biting quality. They also have given rise to pep rally, a meeting to inspire enthusiasm [c. 1940], and pep talk, a speech meant to instill enthusiasm or bolster morale [1920s]. |
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