| 单词 | jack up |
| 释义 | jack up 1. phrasal verb If you jack up a heavy object such as a car, you raise it off the ground using a jack. They jacked up the car. [VERB PARTICLE noun] All I had to do was jack the car up and put on the spare. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for jack To jack up the price or amount of something means to increase it to an unreasonable or unacceptable level. [informal, disapproval] The plan would cost so much that the company would have to jack up its prices. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Inflation has jacked up the rate of unemployment. [VERB PARTICLE noun] |
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