单词 | uplift |
释义 | uplift —uplift /ˈʌp.lɪft/ noun [C or U] (INCREASE) ► F0 an increase in value: » Shares have now recovered to 481p - this represents a huge uplift of almost 50 percent in their value.Thesaurus+: ↑Investment and stock marketsnoun [U] (SUPPORT) ► F0 support or forces that raise an object or hold it up: » The wings are designed to provide uplift when the plane is flying horizontally.» an uplift braThesaurus+: ↑Underwearnoun [U] FORMAL (IMPROVEMENT) ► F0 improvement of a person's moral or spiritual condition: » We are counting on your speech, bishop, to give some moral uplift to the delegates.Thesaurus+: ↑Making things better , ↑Becoming better—uplift /ʌpˈlɪft/verb [T] (IMPROVE) ↑Verb Endings for uplift ► F0 to improve a person's moral or spiritual conditionThesaurus+: ↑Good, better and best , ↑Informal words for good , ↑Quite good, or not very goodverb [T] SCOTTISH ENGLISH (COLLECT) ↑Verb Endings for uplift ► F0 to collect goods or people from one place, in order to take them to another: » Coaches will set down and uplift passengers only as directed by the police in the streets mentioned.Thesaurus+: ↑Transferring and transporting objectsverb [T] SPECIALIZED (RAISE) ↑Verb Endings for uplift ► F0 to raise something to a higher positionThesaurus+: ↑Up and upward , ↑Moving upwards |
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