rev up

• • [美国英语]
  • (尤指起动后)加快(发动机等的)转速；加速：

    In the first place you must rev it up to warm the engine.

    首先你必须让发动机转起来预热。

    They are revving up their motor-bikes.

    他们在加快摩托车的车速。

  • 刺激；激发；增加；增长；提高：

    The coal mines in North China have to rev up their outputs to meet ever-increasing demand.

    华北各煤矿必须提高产量以满足日益增长的需要。

    The proportion of students entering universities and colleges is revving up in recent years.

    近几年来考入大专院校的升学率正在不断提高。

  • [美国英语]煽动；激起：

    to be revved up by a bunch of articulate and persuasive politicians

    受到一些能说会道、花言巧语的政客的煽动