单词 | turn up |
释义 | (a) (commerce 商) (of shares, the stock-market, etc) rise; increase; improve (指股票、 股市等)上扬, 反弹, 升值: Investment is turning up sharply. 投资额急遽增长. (b) make one's appearance; arrive 露面; 来到: We arranged to meet at the cinema at 7.30, but he failed to turn up. 我们约定7点30分在电影院见面, 但他没来. * We invited her to dinner but she didn't even bother to turn up. 我们请她吃饭她都不露面. (C) be found (esp by chance) after being lost (失去後)被发现或找到(尤指偶然地): I'm sure your watch will turn up one of these days. 我担保你的手表准有一天能找到. (d) (of an opportunity) present itself; happen (指机会)出现, 到来: He's still hoping something (eg a job or a piece of good luck) will turn up. 他仍在期待机会出现(如得到工作或好运). turn sth up (a) cause sth to face or point upwards 使某物面朝上或指向上方: He turned up his coat collar against the chill wind. 他竖起大衣领抵御寒风. (b) shorten (a garment) by folding it up at the bottom 摺起衣边改短(衣服): These trousers are too long; they'll need turning up/to be turned up. 这条裤子太长, 需要改短些. (C) discover sth by digging; expose sth 挖掘而发现某物; 暴露出某物: The farmer turned up a human skull while ploughing the field. 那农民 地时挖出一个人类的头颅骨. * The soil had been turned up by the plough. 那片地是用 翻的. (d) increase the loudness of (a radio, television, etc) 开大(收音机、 电视机等)的音量: I can't hear the radio very well; could you turn it up a bit? 收音机我听不太清楚, 你把声音开大点行吗? turn-up n 用法: 用法: |
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