build up

建立；逐步增长；增进；加强；积累

verb

1. enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages

e.g. build up your savings

2. change the use of and make available or usable

e.g. develop land
The country developed its natural resources
The remote areas of the country were gradually built up

Synonym: develop

3. form or accumulate steadily

e.g. Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

Synonym: work upbuildprogress

4. bolster or strengthen

e.g. We worked up courage
build up confidence
ramp up security in the airports

Synonym: work upbuildramp up

5. prepare oneself for a military confrontation

e.g. The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
troops are building up on the Iraqi border

Synonym: armfortifygird

1. （使）积聚；（使）逐渐增加
If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example because more is added to it.

e.g. The regime built up the largest army in Africa...
该政权逐渐建立起一支非洲规模最大的军队。
e.g. The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years...
在过去的17年中，收藏的规模不断扩大。

2. 增强…的体质；建立…的信心
If you build someone up, you help them to feel stronger or more confident, especially when they have had a bad experience or have been ill.

e.g. Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear...
用友善和富有同情心的倾听来重拾她的信心。
e.g. Dr. Johnson and I have been trying to build him up physically.
约翰逊医生和我一直试图增强他的体质。

3. 吹捧；抬举
If you build someone or something up, you make them seem important or exciting, for example by talking about them a lot.

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。

In order to build up your self-esteem, the targets you set should be within your reach.(为了增强自尊心，你设定的目标一定要是你能够达到的。)

The delegations had begun to build up some trust in one another.(各代表团已经开始逐步增强相互的信任。)

Build up your tan slowly and don't allow your skin to burn.(将你的皮肤慢慢晒黑，不要让皮肤晒伤。)

But you do build up a good relationship with the client.(但你确实与客户建立了良好的关系。)

Transient investors, who demand high quarterly profits from companies, can hinder a firm's efforts to invest in long-term research or to build up customer loyalty.(短期投资者要求公司季度利润高，这可能会阻碍公司投资于长期研究或建立客户忠诚度的努力。)

To build up my own finances, I need around 20% more in personal savings and 50% less debt.(为了积累自己的财力，我需要增加20%左右的个人储蓄，并减少50%的债务。)

The bodies of fish and other meat-eaters can build up high levels of the chemicals.(鱼和其他食肉动物的体内会积累大量的化学物质。)

It may take a few weeks for you to build up your strength again.(可能需要几个星期你才能恢复体力。)

Male hormones help build up the body's resistance to stress.(男性荷尔蒙有助于增强身体对压力的抵抗力。)

The police are trying to build up a picture of what happened.(警方正试图掌握事情发生的经过。)