build up

verb

1. enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages

e.g. build up your savings

2. change the use of and make available or usable

e.g. develop land
The country developed its natural resources
The remote areas of the country were gradually built up

Synonym: develop

3. form or accumulate steadily

e.g. Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

Synonym: work upbuildprogress

4. bolster or strengthen

e.g. We worked up courage
build up confidence
ramp up security in the airports

Synonym: work upbuildramp up

5. prepare oneself for a military confrontation

e.g. The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
troops are building up on the Iraqi border

Synonym: armfortifygird

1. （使）积聚；（使）逐渐增加
If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.

e.g. The regime built up the largest army in Africa...
该政权逐渐建立起一支非洲规模最大的军队。
e.g. The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years...
在过去的17年中，收藏的规模不断扩大。

2. 增强…的体质；建立…的信心
If you build someone up, you help them to feel stronger or more confident, especially when they have had a bad experience or have been ill.

e.g. Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear...
用友善和富有同情心的倾听来重拾她的信心。
e.g. Dr. Johnson and I have been trying to build him up physically.
约翰逊医生和我一直试图增强他的体质。

3. 吹捧；抬举
If you build someone or something up, you make them seem important or exciting, for example by talking about them a lot.

e.g. The media will report on it and the tabloids will build it up...
媒体会报道此事，小报则会大肆吹捧。
e.g. Historians built him up as the champion of parliament...
历史学家把他誉为议会的捍卫者。

1. 建立：我不要剥夺你思考的权利.注:诡论(paradox)的产生,通常表示当时所要表达的概念,并没有建立完成,例如 罗素诡论之於集合论.上面龟兔赛跑的例子,若考虑时间的级数兔子就可以在有限时间内追上乌龟极限观念的建立(build up)是在十六世纪.

2. 逐步建立：bring up 教育,培养 | build up 逐步建立 | burst into tears 突然哭起来

3. 增进：bring up养育 | build up增进 | call for要求

4. 积累：bring up=教育,培养,使成长 | build up== 积累 | burn out=烧掉