每天口语 英语口语

build up

1. 解词释义

Build up有“增加，增长”的意思，可以引申为“使某人的名气或某事得以增长”或“大肆渲染宣传某人或某事使之成名或称为焦点”，也就是“吹捧，抬举”的意思。柯林斯词典中解释道：If you build someone or something up, you make them seem important or exciting, for example by talking about them a lot.

2. 拓展例句

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。

e.g. I'd built him up in my head as being the love of my life.

我心里已把他当作我一生的挚爱。

e.g. She has been look down on anyone else around her since she built up into great success.

自从她被捧红后，她就看不起周围的人了。