今日短語
To beef something up 的意思是“加強,充實”,從而使事物有改進、有提高。在西方文化中,牛的形象常與強壯和力量相聯(lián)系,有許多體育比賽、體育俱樂部都用牛作為自己的吉祥物或隊名,所以這個短語也有“增強力量”的意思。
例句
Mark has been going to the gym twice a day for weeks. He's beefing himself up for big weight-lifting competition.
馬克保持一天去健身房兩次的頻率已經(jīng)好幾周了,他在為一場大型舉重比賽加強體力,作準備。
We needed to beef up the email service we provide to our customers to improve communication.
我們需要改進為客戶提供的電子郵件服務,以此加強溝通和聯(lián)系。
To improve their low sales figures, the company decided to beef up their marketing campaign.
為了提高他們低迷的銷售額,公司決定加強市場促銷活動。