lift是什么意思

详细释义

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

  • Could you help me lift this table, please? 你能帮我抬一下桌子吗？

  • 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吗——我的大衣被压住了。

  • She lifted the cigarette (up) to her lips. 她把香烟举到唇边。

  • He lifted his eyes (= looked up) from the paper and glared. 他的目光从报纸上移开，抬起头来怒目而视。

  • He is the hot favourite to lift the cup again next month. 他是下个月赢得奖杯的大热门。

  • They're lifting potatoes. 他们正在挖土豆。

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

  • She lifted the baby out of her chair. 她把婴儿从椅子上抱起来。

  • He lifted the box carefully down from the shelf. 他小心地从架子上取下那个盒子。

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

• 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. 这篇文章的信息量够大，但有些枯燥——我们需要增强它的趣味性。

• 4 to make someone happier -- 提高（某人）的兴致

  • Nothing - not even the prospect of dinner - could lift his spirits. 什么都提不起他的兴致，甚至连吃饭也不例外。

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

  • The morning mist had lifted and the sun was starting to come through. 晨雾已经散去，太阳开始放出光芒。

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

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

  • At last they've lifted the ban on jeans at the club. 最终他们取消了在俱乐部禁止穿牛仔裤的规定。

• 7 to steal something -- 偷窃，偷盗

  • He'd lifted whole passages from a website. 他从网站上整段整段地剽窃文章。

• 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 -- 电梯；升降机

  • Take the lift to the sixth floor. 乘电梯到7楼。

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

  • Give it one more lift and we'll have it at the top of the stairs. 再抬一下我们就能把它抬到楼梯顶端了。

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

  • I'll give you a lift to the train station if you like. 如果你愿意，我可以把你捎到车站。

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

• 11 to make someone happier -- 提高（某人）的兴致

  • She'd been feeling low but hearing that she'd got the job gave her a lift. 她一直有些情绪低落，但一听说她得到了那份工作心情便好了起来。