新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

lift

英  [lɪft]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • lifts

    1[C 可数名词] 电梯

    A lift is a device that carries people or goods up and down inside tall buildings.

    2[C 可数名词] 搭便车

    If you give someone a lift somewhere, you take them there in your car as a favour to them.

    近义词

    ride

    双语例句

    例:

    He had a car and often gave me a lift home.

    他有一辆汽车,经常让我搭便车回家。

    3[U 不可数名词] 提升力

    Liftis the force that makes an aircraft leave the ground and stay in the air.

    双语例句

    例:

    A plane has to reach a certain speed before there is enough lift to get it off the ground.

    飞机得在达到一定的速度以后,才能有足够的提升力从地面起飞。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词
  • lift up

    1[PHRASAL 短语] 举起(同)lift)

    Lift up means the same as lift.

    双语例句

    例:

    She put her arms around him and lifted him up.

    她双臂拥住他,把他举起来。

    VERB. 动词
  • lifts , lifting , lifted

    1[T 及物动词] 举起 , 拿起

    If you lift something, you move it to another position, especially upward.

    双语例句

    例:

    The colonel lifted the phone and dialled his superior.

    上校拿起电话拨了他上司的号码。

    2[T 及物动词] 抬起(眼睛或头)

    If you lift your eyes or your head, you look up, for example, when you have been reading and someone comes into the room.

    近义词

    raise

    双语例句

    例:

    When he finished he lifted his eyes and looked out the window.

    他完成以后抬眼向窗外看去。

    3[T 及物动词] 解除(法令等)

    If people in authority lift a law or rule that prevents people from doing something, they end it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The European Commission has urged France to lift its ban on imports of British beef.

    欧盟委员会已敦促法国解除对英国牛肉进口的禁令。

    4[I 不及物动词] 鼓舞

    If something lifts your spirits or your mood, or if they lift, you start feeling more cheerful.

    双语例句

    例:

    He used his incredible sense of humour to lift my spirits.

    他以不可思议的幽默感鼓舞了我。

    5[T 及物动词] 空运

    If a government or organization lifts people or goods in or out of an area, it transports them there by aircraft, especially when there is a war.

    近义词

    fly

    双语例句

    例:

    The army lifted people off rooftops where they had climbed to escape the flooding.

    军队把爬到房顶躲避洪水的人们空运走。

    6[T 及物动词] 提高(水平、比例等) , 增加(数量)

    To lift something means to increase its amount or to increase the level or the rate at which it happens.

    近义词

    increase