uplift

英 [ˈʌplɪft , ˌʌpˈlɪft]

美 [ˈʌplɪft , ˌʌpˈlɪft]

n.  提高; 抬高; 增长; 增加; 振奋; 鼓舞; (地壳的)隆起，上升
v.  鼓励; 激励; 使振奋

复数：uplifts　过去式：uplifted　过去分词：uplifted　第三人称单数：uplifts　现在分词：uplifting　

TEM8

BNC.12721 / COCA.17108

牛津词典

noun

• 提高；抬高；增长；增加
  the fact of sth being raised or of sth increasing
  1. an uplift in sales
     销售的增长
  2. an uplift bra (= that raises the breasts)
     挺高式乳罩
• 振奋；鼓舞
  a feeling of hope and happiness
  1. The news gave them a much needed uplift.
     这消息给他们带来了及时的鼓舞。
• （地壳的）隆起，上升
  the process or result of land being moved to a higher level by movements inside the earth

verb

• 鼓励；激励；使振奋
  to make sb feel happier or give sb more hope

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /ʌp'lɪft/. The noun is pronounced /'ʌplɪft/. 动词读作/ʌp'lɪft/，名词读作/'ʌplɪft/。


• VERB 使振奋；提升
  If somethingupliftspeople, it helps them to have a better life, for example by making them feel happy or by improving their social conditions.
  1. We need a little something to help sometimes, to uplift us and make us feel better...
     有时候，我们需要一些小东西来激励自己，使自己感觉更好。
  2. Art was created to uplift the mind and the spirit.
     艺术创作旨在陶冶情操。
  3. Upliftis also a noun.
     
  4. This victory was a massive uplift for us.
     这个胜利对我们来说是巨大的鼓舞。
• N-COUNT 上扬；上涨；增长
  In economics, anupliftin something such as the price of shares is an increase in their value.
  1. ...an uplift in the stock market...
     股市上涨
  2. Its shares were down across the first quarter, but are now showing a 20 per cent uplift.
     它的股票在第一季度陷入低迷，但现在累计已有20%的涨幅。

英英释义

noun

• a brassiere that lifts and supports the breasts
• (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)
  Synonym:upheavalupthrowupthrust

verb

• fill with high spirits
  1. Music can uplift your spirits
  Synonym:elatelift uppick upintoxicate
• lift up or elevate
• lift up from the earth, as by geologic forces
  1. the earth's movement uplifted this part of town

双语例句

• Faults development is the main characteristic of central uplift belt in the Dongying Sag of BohaiBay Basin.
  断裂发育是渤海湾盆地东营凹陷中央隆起带的主要特征。
• There has been an intermittent uplift of the land and subsidence of the sea going on.
  陆地上升和海洋下沉一直在间歇地进行。
• Uplift is the main factors that destroy the sealing capacity of cap rocks.
  构造抬升是盖层封闭性发生破坏的主要因素；
• Tectonic Evolution of Uplift in Southeast Tarim Basin and Analysis of Their Structural Features
  塔里木盆地东南隆起演化及构造特征分析
• Art was created to uplift the mind and the spirit.
  艺术创作旨在陶冶情操。
• They occurred under the tectonic setting ranging from post collision uplift to late orogenesis.
  产生于板块碰撞后隆起到造山晚期的构造背景。
• During upper Silurian-Devonian, the basin is in extrusion state, and turn up large scale uplift;
  晚志留世-泥盆纪盆地处于挤压状态，出现了大范围的隆起；
• He advised me to utilize the remaining years of my transitory life in self uplift and social service.
  他建议我把我的短暂的有生之年奉献到自我提升和社会服务上来。
• Mountains work on the human unconscious with their powers of uplift.
  高山对于人类的无意识有高耸仰止的力量。
• During this strike-slip faulting, large-scale intrusion and doming uplift happened in the eastern part of the Dabie Mountains.
  在这期断裂带左行平移的同时，大别造山带东段出现了大规模的岩浆侵入及穹状隆升。