1. （使）積聚；（使）逐漸增加 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... 該政權逐漸建立起一支非洲規模最大的軍隊。 e.g. The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years... 在過(guò)去的17年中，收藏的規模不斷擴大。
2. 增強…的體質(zhì)；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傾聽(tīng)來(lái)重拾她的信心。 e.g. Dr. Johnson and I have been trying to build him up physically. 約翰遜醫生和我一直試圖增強他的體質(zhì)。
3. 吹捧；抬舉 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... 媒體會(huì )報道此事，小報則會(huì )大肆吹捧。 e.g. Historians built him up as the champion of parliament... 歷史學(xué)家把他譽(yù)為議會(huì )的捍衛者。
build up英英釋義
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