新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

buildIELTS重点词汇

英 [bɪld]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

builds
1. [C, U 有变体名词] 体格
Someone's build is the shape that their bones and muscles give to their body.
双语例句
例：
He's described as around thirty years old, six feet tall and of medium build.
他被描述为大约30岁，身高6英尺，体格中等。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

build up
1. [PHRASAL 短语] 逐步增强（同）build）
Build up means the same as build.
双语例句
例：
The delegations had begun to build up some trust in one another.
各代表团之间已经开始逐步增强相互的信任。
2. [PHRASAL 短语] （压力、速度、声音等）逐渐增大（同）build）
Build up means the same as build.
双语例句
例：
We can build up the speed gradually and safely.
我们可以逐步安全地加快速度。
3. [PHRASAL 短语] （使）逐渐变大
If you build up something or if it builds up, it gradually becomes bigger, for example, because more is added to it.
双语例句
例：
The regime built up the largest army in Africa.
该政权逐渐建立起一支在非洲规模最大的军队。
例：
The collection has been built up over the last seventeen years.
该收藏的规模在过去的17年中不断扩大。
4. [PHRASAL 短语] 使振作
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.
双语例句
例：
Build her up with kindness and a sympathetic ear.
用友善和富有同情心的倾听来使她振作起来。
5. [PHRASAL 短语] 吹捧 , 大肆宣传
If you build someone or something up, you make them seem important or exciting, for example, by talking about them a lot.
双语例句
例：
The media will report on it and the tabloids will build it up.
媒体将对其进行报导，小报则将大肆宣传。
例：
The soccer community built him up as the saviour of the sport.
足球界曾把他吹捧为这项运动的救星。

VERB. 动词

builds , building , built
1. [T 及物动词] 建造
If you build something, you make it by joining things together.
近义词
construct
双语例句
例：
Developers are now proposing to build a hotel on the site.
开发商们现在提议在这个地方建一座宾馆。
例：
The house was built in the early 19th century.
这座房子建于19世纪早期。
2. [T 及物动词] 把…嵌入（墙壁、物体等）
If you build something into a wall or object, you make it in such a way that it is in the wall or object, or is part of it.
双语例句
例：
If the TV was built into the ceiling, you could lie there while watching your favourite programme.
如果把电视嵌入天花板，你就能躺着观看你喜爱的节目了。
3. [T 及物动词] 建立（机构、社团、关系等）
If people build an organization, a society, or a relationship, they gradually form it.
近义词
create , establish
双语例句
例：
He and a partner set up on their own and built a successful fashion company.
他和一个合伙人依靠自己的力量创建了一家成功的时装公司。
例：
Their purpose is to build a fair society and a strong economy.
他们的目的是建立一个公平的社会和一个强大的经济体。
4. [T 及物动词] 以…为基础
If you build an organization, system, or product on something, you base it on it.
双语例句
例：
We will then have a firmer foundation of fact on which to build theories.
那时我们将有更坚实的事实根据来作为理论的基础。
5. [T 及物动词] 使成为组成部分
If you build something into a policy, system, or product, you make it part of it.
近义词
incorporate
双语例句
例：
We have to build computers into the school curriculum.
我们必须将计算机知识纳入学校的课程。
6. [T 及物动词] 逐步增强
To build someone's confidence or trust means to increase it gradually.
双语例句
例：
Diplomats hope the meetings will build mutual trust.
外交官们希望这些会议能逐步增强彼此的信任。
7. [I 不及物动词] （在…的基础上）继续发展
If you build on the success of something, you take advantage of this success in order to make further progress.
双语例句
例：
The new regime has no successful economic reforms on which to build.
新政权没有成功实施可赖以为继的经济改革。
8. [I 不及物动词] （压力、速度、声音等）逐渐增大
If pressure, speed, sound, or excitement builds, it gradually becomes greater.
双语例句
例：
Pressure built yesterday for postponement of the ceremony.
要求推迟庆典的压力昨天逐渐增大了。