短語 “build someone or something up” 的意思是 “對某人或事進行贊揚、宣傳或吹捧”,從而積極地影響他人的看法?!癇uild someone up” 還可以突出表達 “贊揚某人,以提高其自信心”。
Stop building up your colleague. I’ll judge her when I meet her.
別再吹捧你的同事了。等我見到她的時候,我會自作評判。
I built up the possibilities of the product in order to impress the investors.
為了給投資者留下深刻的印象,我夸大宣傳了這個產(chǎn)品的前景。
I think we need to build Joe up a bit. His confidence is really low at the moment.
我覺得我們得給喬打打氣。他現(xiàn)在真的很沒自信。