jack up; brace sb up for sth, square one's shoulders, take heart from sth; cheer up, chin up, jazz up, juice up, pump up;

精神点, 打起精神来, 勇敢点, 准备好, 做好准备, 撑住了, 撑好了,  别泄气, 别气馁: 1. brace someone or something up 支起来 to prop up or add support to someone or something. They braced the tree up for the expected windstorm. They braced up the tree again after the storm. brace yourself = steel yourself, brace oneself for something(可以用brace yourself, brace up, brace yourself up, brace up for sth. ) I. Lit. to hang onto something or prop oneself against something in preparation for something that might cause one to fall, blow away, wash away, etc. Hold onto the rail. Brace yourself. Here comes another huge wave. II. Fig. to prepare for the shock or force of something. to take heart; to be brave. Brace up! Things could be worse. I told John to brace up because things would probably get worse before they got better. Brace yourself for a shock. As the boat leaned to the right, I braced myself for whatever might happen next. Also, brace oneself. Summon up one's courage or resolve, as in Brace up, we don't have much farther to go, or Squaring his shoulders, he braced himself for the next wave. This idiom uses brace in the sense of "to bolster" or "to strengthen." The first term dates from the early 1700s, the variant from about 1500. 2. 犹太人圣经Job 38:3-5 - Complete Jewish Bible (CJB)：3 Stand up like a man, and brace yourself; I will ask questions; and you, give the answers! 4 "Where were you when I founded the earth? Tell me, if you know so much. 5 Do you know who determined its dimensions or who stretched the measuring line across it? 3. square your shoulders to show determination and a lack of fear. When the judge asked her if she was guilty or not guilty, she squared her shoulders, looked the judge in the eye, and said, "Not guilty.". take heart (from something) to receive courage or comfort from some fact. to start to feel more hopeful and more confident (often + from ). 看到点希望. 看到点光明. House owners can take heart from the news that property prices are starting to rise again. I hope that you will take heart from what we told you today. Even though you did not win the race, take heart from the fact that you did your best. I told her to take heart and try again next time. 4. cheer someone up 高兴点, 别垂头丧气的 to make a sad person happy. [for a sad person] to become happy. After a while, she began to cheer up and smile more. Cheer up! Things could be worse. When Bill was sick, Ann tried to cheer him up by reading to him. Interest rates went up, and that cheered up all the bankers. 5. Are you ok Alex? You look a bit under the weather看起来不舒服, 看起来状态不好, 精神不好. She's just a bit run down累了, 疲惫了, 疲乏了. I think she needs to take a holiday. He felt off-colour感觉不舒服, 不对劲 but did not have any dramatic symptoms. The baby is out of sorts不舒服 today. Perhaps he is cutting a tooth. You should sit down. You look a bit green around the gills( be green/pale/blue about/around the gills (humorous) to look ill, as if you are going to vomit. looking sick. (The around can be replaced with about.) John is looking a little pale around the gills. What's wrong? Oh, I feel a little green about the gills. He was out drinking last night, was he? I thought he looked a bit green about the gills this morning.). My boss told me to go home. He said I looked like death warmed over(like death warmed over 害了大病似的 Fig. very ill; appearing very sickly. (feel ~; look ~.) Oh dear, I feel like death warmed over. Poor Carol said you look like death warmed over.). The long, hot summer had left me out of health, out of spirits没精打采. He's a wee bit peely-wally ( Scot urban dialect off colour; pale and ill-looking. He's a wee bit peely-wally this morning.) 病恹恹的 this morning. You look a little peaked憔悴的( I. Ending in a peak; pointed. having a peak; pointed: a peaked cap. II. Having a sickly appearance: You're looking a little peaked today. ). 6. Chin up! 高兴点, 别耷拉着脸, 别无精打采的 (old-fashioned) something that you say to someone in a difficult situation in order to encourage them to be brave and to try not to be sad. Chin up, you'll feel better after a few days' rest. The chin-up(和pullup 不同) (also known as a chin/chinup) is a strength training exercise. People frequently do this exercise with the intention of strengthening muscles such as the latissimus dorsi and biceps, which extend the shoulder and flex the elbow, respectively. It is a form of pull-up in which the range of motion is established in relation to a person's chin. A standard chin-up, palms facing chest, using open grip. Chin-ups are not to be confused with pull-ups; pull-ups have the palms facing away from the chest. 7. jazz I. Energy, excitement, excitability. Very lively. II. The (in)tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a thing. What jazz were you referring to earlier? What is all this jazz lying around? III. Unspecified thing(s). I'm just going down to the shops and jazz = I am off to purchase items and etcetera. IV. (with positive terms) Of excellent quality, the genuine article. That show was the jazz! = That musical concert/television program was most enjoyable. This risotto is simply the jazz. = This risotto was cooked in the classic manner. V. Nonsense. Stop talking jazz. Don't give me any of that jazz about your great adventure! v. I. To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite. II. To complicate. Don't jazz it too much! = Be careful, it was good to start with! III. (transitive, US slang, dated) To have sex with. IV. To destroy. You've gone and jazzed it now! = It is ruined. V. To distract/pester. Stop jazzing me! = Leave me alone. jazz up I. 使 变得有生气. 增加…的生气(或趣味等). 焕然一新. 使靓丽. To make gaudy and bright. to make someone or something more exciting or sexy; to make someone or something appeal more to contemporary tastes. to make something more interesting, exciting, or stylish. She uses a basic recipe and jazzes it up with chocolate chips, apples, or bananas. My daughters think I should jazz up my wardrobe. Let's jazz this room up a little bit. They jazzed up Donna till she looked like a rock star. I jazzed up my room with some new posters. II. To give a rhythm/melody reminiscent of jazz. They played a jazzed-up version of the original song. juice something up I. Sl. to make something more powerful. How much did it cost to juice this thing up? Wally juiced up his car. II. Sl. to turn on the electricity to something. It's time to juice the stage lights up. Juice up the stage lights. and all that jazz and all that stuff; and all that nonsense. and other similar things. They sell televisions and all that jazz. I need some glue, paper, string, and all that jazz to make a kite. She told me I was selfish, hateful, rude, ugly, and all that jazz. 8. pump someone up (for something) Inf. to get someone, including oneself, mentally ready for something. The coach tried to pump the team up so they would win. The coach talked and talked to pump them up. pump something up I. to inflate something. Do you have something with which I can pump my basketball up? I pumped up the ball just an hour ago. II. Sl. to exercise to make muscles get bigger and stronger. The body builder pumped her muscles up in preparation for the competition. She pumped up her muscles. III. to make someone very interested or enthusiastic. Our coach talks with every team member before a game, offering advice and trying to pump them up. Taylor's band came out and pumped up the crowd. IV. 夸张. 夸大. to make something appear to be bigger or more successful than it is. Opponents charged that the state treasurer pumped up the state's financial figures. We pumped the number of flights up to 500 in our report so everyone would think the airport was really busy. V. to improve someone's or something's performance. Athletes can take drugs to pump themselves up, but there are huge risks involved. Everett hopes the new products will pump up corporate sales. 9. jack someone up 让人高兴起来, 刺激某人, 让人激动起来 I. Sl. to excite or stimulate someone, possibly with drugs. Tom jacked up his buddy by talking to him. Tom jacked up Fred with a lot of encouragement. II. Sl. to motivate someone; to stimulate someone to do something. The mail is late again today. We'll have to jack those people up at the post office. I guess I'll have to jack up the carpenter again to repair my stairs. III. Fig. to raise the price of something. to increase something steeply Credit card companies have jacked up interest rates on most of their accounts. The company decided to jack up the amount of protein in its animal feed. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of jack up something (to raise something using a special device called a jack). The store keeps jacking prices up. The grocery store jacked up the prices again last night. jack v. I. (transitive) To use a jack. 千斤顶 He jacked the car up so that he could replace the brake pads. II. (transitive) To raise or increase. If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results. III. (transitive, colloquial) 偷车. To steal something, typically an automobile. Contraction of carjacking. Someone jacked my car last night! n. I. A surface-mounted connector for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment. telephone jack. II. A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object. She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire. III. A man or men in general. Every man jack. IV. (colloquial) Nothing, jackshit. You haven't done jack. Get up and get this room cleaned up right now! V. (male ass): jackass. jack up I. To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means. He jacked the car up to change the tire. The oil rig can be jacked up higher when the hydraulic legs touch the sea floor. II. (informal) 调高. 抬高. To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates. I can't believe they're going to jack up the price of gasoline again — and after they already raised it twenty cents a gallon! III. (colloquial) To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for fuck up. I'm not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up. jacked up I. Hoisted, lifted off the ground, or propped up using a jack. Do you want to rotate the tires while we have the car jacked up? II. (slang, automotive) Describes a 4x4 automobile that has a "lift kit", raising the body and/or frame higher than stock. He took us for a ride in his awesome new jacked up truck. III. (informal) Significantly increased or expanded. It's hard to make ends meet with the jacked up price of gas. The new jacked up triple-barrel cannons helped turn the tide of 改变走向 the war. turn the tide 改变走向, 逆转 Fig. to cause a reversal in the direction of events; to cause a reversal in public opinion. It looked as if the team were going to lose, but near the end of the game, our star player turned the tide. At first, people were opposed to our plan. After a lot of discussion, we were able to turn the tide. IV. (slang) Under the influence of stimulants; high. They were all jacked up on coke. V. (slang) Stimulated, excited. VI. (slang) Wrecked; damaged; ruined; injured. That jacked up refrigerator hasn't moved from that curb in months. My elbow is all jacked up from playing tennis. VII. (slang) Reprehensible; objectionable. Dude that's jacked up your girlfriend left you for your brother. jack off I. (reflexive, intransitive, colloquial) To masturbate. After I jacked off, I came. II. (transitive, colloquial, somewhat vulgar) To manually stimulate someone sexually, generally a male.10. juice sth up I. Sl. to make something more powerful. to drink one or more alcoholic drinks. Hey, man, let's go out and juice up tonight. Stop juicing up every night. How much did it cost to juice this thing up? Wally juiced up his car. II. Sl. to turn on the electricity to something. It's time to juice the stage lights up. Juice up the stage lights. III. to make something more interesting or exciting. The team's new forward has juiced up their games with fast passing and running. She finds songs no one remembers and juices them up with modern rhythms. stew in one's own juice/juices 自食其果 Fig. to be left alone to suffer one's anger or disappointment. John has such a terrible temper. When he got mad at us, we just let him go away and stew in his own juice. After John stewed in his own juice for a while, he decided to come back and apologize to us. 例句: -Take care of that ticket罚单 yet? -Yeah, I just got to call in a favor 找人. 找关系.(This is a time when you may have to call in a favor. It means to go to people, whom you have helped in the past, and ask them to reciprocate, because "they owe you." Or simply to call people over whom you have a lot of influence and ask them to do you a favor.). -Uh-huh. -What, you don't think I got the juice ( He said he got the juice to remove or "lose" the ticket for him because they owe him a favor. juice I. Slang Political power or influence; clout. have the juice  = have the influence/connections. II. Slang Vigorous life; vitality. III. Slang Funds; money. IV. Slang Alcoholic drink; liquor. V. Slang Racy or scandalous gossip. VI. fuel for an engine, esp petrol. VII. Slang Funds; money. get the juice 另一个含义: be on steroids, gone crazy. on steroids in a much more powerful or extreme form. The brownies and pecan rolls are sweets on steroids, with calorie and fat totals as high as a full meal. She looks like a movie star on steroids, a beautiful woman with big hair and a man-eating personality. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of steroids (chemical substances taken to improve the strength or energy of competitors in sports). wiki的解释: (usually after the name of a place or thing), to a greater degree, exaggerating the characteristics of the previously named object. "Panic is anxiety on steroids". "Iceland is like Scotland on steroids". Jeremy Clarkson, motoring writer. NASA's New Moon Plans: 'Apollo on Steroids', Space.com article headline. )? -Juice? -No, I think you got a credit card. 11. psych someone out I. Inf. to get someone very excited; to cause someone to lose mental control. Wow! What you just said really psyched me out! He psyched out his friends. II. Inf. to figure someone out; to know how someone thinks. It took me a while to psych out Fred, but I have him figured out now. Don't waste time trying to psych me out. I am an enigma. III. to make someone believe that they will fail. 紧张的发疯. 过度紧张. Our strategy is to psych out the other team before the game begins. She failed the test after psyching herself out, thinking how important it was for her future. psyche out 作为不及物动词的用法 I. 发疯. Inf. to have a nervous or emotional trauma; to go mad for a brief time. Another day like this one and I'll psych out for sure. He looked at the bill and psyched out. II. Inf. to become very excited; to lose mental control. I was so angry, I almost psyched out. The kids were psyching out over the rock star. psyched (out) psyche=psych的发音是[saik] psyched的发音是[saikt] I. 心情激动的 Inf. excited; overwhelmed; thrilled. She's really psyched out.That's great. I'm really psyched about my new job! II. Inf. intoxicated. She's just lying there psyched out. Two beers and a shot of whiskey and he was psyched out.  psych[e] (saik) someone up Inf. to get someone excited or mentally prepared for something. to get mentally ready for something. to make someone enthusiastic about something they will do. I psyched myself up to sing in front of all those people. The coach psyched up the team for the game. Usage notes: sometimes used without up: Willa is really psyched, and hopefully that will get the others excited. ). psyched (up) (psyche someone up) (可以及物也可以不及物) Inf. completely mentally ready (for something).  to get someone excited or mentally prepared for something.  I'm really psyched for this test. The team isn't psyched up enough to do a good job. I psyched myself up to sing in front of all those people. I have to psych up before the big game tonight. We want to psych up so we can play a good game. ( psycho精神变态, psychic ['saikik] adj. 通灵的 psych 通灵的人) psyched up (for something) Inf. excited and enthusiastic. I can play a great tennis game if I'm psyched up. She is really psyched up for the game. The Indian government is psyched about e-learning in part because of the very uneven quality不均衡的 of Indian education. Especially in rural areas, Indian teachers often aren't well-trained, and access to ebooks and video learning over the Internet could dramatically improve the quality of education and help stamp out消灭, 消除 illiteracy. She had psyched herself up 激动万分 so much for the camping trip that she forgot her sleeping bag. She had really psyched herself up for做好精神准备 the big match. Her arrogant behaviour on court psyched her opponent (out) 震住, 震慑住 completely. I psyched it all out预料到了 by myself and decided. I psyched him out看透, 看穿 at once, and knew I couldn't trust him. pumped兴奋的, 激动的, 兴高采烈的 it's a feeling of total excitement also known as psyched, amped, rush. I was so pumped to go on the ride I forgot my ticket. amped(不是ampped) excited, or hopped up on Amphetamine[安非他命]. Hyped up; Crazy; No way of controling one who is amped. Fired up, awaiting big thrill, stoked, ready to roll. "Did you take your meds today?" "Twenty milligrams worth, and I'm feeling so amped I could kill a damn verse.". 12. He later told police: "I had speed when I was on the toilet earlier that day in a needle. I had a speed bomb in a Tallyho paper outside the bank. Four or five points, I had half an eight ball on me. About 1.30-2pm (at Michelle's parents' home), the ecstasy tablet went in with the speed. I was pretty hyped up 吸毒了, high了(hype up (pump up) get excited or stimulated; Stimulated with or as if with a hypodermic injection: "hyped-up rhetoric 措词 to dramatize the strike" (New York Times). "The children were all psyched up after the movie". We have to find out what his problem is.' Frustrated by her lack of answers and pumped up 刺激 by the drugs and alcohol, he drove aggressively and dangerously.