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单词 uplift
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upliftnoun

uk/ˈʌp.lɪft/us/ˈʌp.lɪft/

uplift noun (IMPROVEMENT)

[ U ] formal improvement of a person's moral or spiritual condition:

We are counting on your speech, bishop, to give some moral uplift to the delegates.

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Making things better

  • a shot in the arm idiom
  • add salt to sth idiom
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • ameliorate
  • heal
  • make sb/sth over
  • mitigate
  • mollify
  • more
  • palliate
  • redeem
  • relieve
  • salve
  • spice
  • spice sth up
  • sting
  • straighten
  • straighten sb out
  • streamline

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uplift noun (SUPPORT)

[ U ] 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 bra

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Underwear

  • basque
  • bloomer
  • bodice
  • bodysuit
  • boxer shorts
  • drawer
  • falsies
  • French knickers
  • G-string
  • girdle
  • jock
  • slip
  • string vest
  • teddy
  • thermal underwear
  • thong
  • training bra
  • vest
  • VPL
  • Y-fronts

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uplift noun (INCREASE)

[ C or U ] an increase in value:

Shares have now recovered to 481p - this represents a huge uplift of almost 50 percent in their value.

uplift noun (COLLECTION)

[ C ] Scottish English the act of collecting goods or people from one place, in order to take them to another:

Alloa Community Enterprises provide a free uplift service for furniture and household appliances.

upliftverb [ T ]

uk/ʌpˈlɪft/us/ʌpˈlɪft/

uplift verb [ T ] (IMPROVE)

to improve a person's moral or spiritual condition

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Good, better and best

  • at the best of times idiom
  • be the last word in sth idiom
  • best
  • better
  • better off
  • break
  • go-to
  • gold standard
  • good
  • heteronormative
  • last word
  • mile
  • miles idiom
  • so much the better idiom
  • topper
  • unsurpassed
  • up
  • well

uplift verb [ T ] (RAISE)

specialized engineering to raise something to a higher position

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Up and upward

  • ascent
  • climbing
  • heavenward
  • perpendicular
  • skyward
  • up
  • uphill
  • uplifted
  • upper
  • uppermost
  • upright
  • upturned
  • upward
  • upwards
  • vertical

uplift verb [ T ] (COLLECT)

Scottish English 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.

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Transferring and transporting objects

  • bearer
  • borne
  • bring
  • budge
  • bus
  • call for sb
  • drop
  • ferry
  • freight
  • put sb down somewhere
  • road haulage
  • route
  • shuffle
  • spirit
  • tear 1
  • tear sb away
  • tote
  • transfer
  • transport
  • transportation

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