lift是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to move something from a lower to a higher position -- 舉起，提起，抬起，吊起

  • Could you help me lift this table, please? 你能幫我抬一下桌子嗎？

  • Could you lift your chair a little- I've got my coat caught under it. 你能把椅子稍微抬一下嗎——我的大衣被壓住了。

  • She lifted the cigarette (up) to her lips. 她把香煙舉到唇邊。

  • He lifted his eyes (= looked up) from the paper and glared. 他的目光從報紙上移開，抬起頭來怒目而視。

  • He is the hot favourite to lift the cup again next month. 他是下個月贏得獎盃的大熱門。

  • They're lifting potatoes. 他們正在挖馬鈴薯。

• 1 to take hold of and raise something in order to remove, carry, or move it to a different position -- 提起；抱起；移開

  • She lifted the baby out of her chair. 她把嬰兒從椅子上抱起來。

  • He lifted the box carefully down from the shelf. 他小心地從架子上取下那個盒子。

• 2 to make your voice louder, especially when performing -- （尤指在演出時）提高（聲調）

• 3 to make something more interesting or enjoyable -- 使更有趣；增加…的趣味性

  • The article is informative enough, but it's a little dull - we need something to lift it. 這篇文章夠資訊性，但有些枯燥——我們需要增強它的趣味性。

• 4 to make someone happier -- 提高（某人）的興致

  • Nothing - not even the prospect of dinner - could lift his spirits. 甚麽都提不起他的興致，甚至連吃飯也不例外。

• 5 (of mist or fog) to go away until none is left -- （霧氣）散去，散開，消散

  • The morning mist had lifted and the sun was starting to come through. 晨霧已經散去，太陽開始放出光芒。

• 6 to end a rule or law -- 取消，撤銷（規定或法律）

  • The restrictions on water usage have been lifted now that the river levels are normal. 河水的水位已經恢復正常，因此用水限制被取消了。

  • At last they've lifted the ban on jeans at the club. 最終他們取消了在俱樂部禁止穿牛仔褲的規定。

• 7 to steal something -- 偷竊，偷盜

  • He'd lifted whole passages from a website. 他從網站上整段整段地剽竊文章。

• 8 a device like a box that moves up and down, carrying people or goods from one floor of a building to another or taking people up and down underground in a mine -- 電梯；升降機

  • Take the lift to the sixth floor. 乘電梯到七樓。

• 9 an act of lifting or raising something -- 舉，提，抬，吊

  • Give it one more lift and we'll have it at the top of the stairs. 再抬一下我們就能把它抬到樓梯頂端了。

• 10 a free journey in another person's vehicle, especially a car -- 搭便車

  • I'll give you a lift to the train station if you like. 如果你願意，我可以載你到車站。

  • He hitched a lift (= stood by the road and made a signal asking a car to stop and take him) to Birmingham. 他搭便車去了伯明罕。

• 11 to make someone happier -- 提高（某人）的興致

  • She'd been feeling low but hearing that she'd got the job gave her a lift. 她一直有些情緒低落，但一聽說她得到了那份工作心情便好了起來。