| 单词 | step-up |
| 释义 | step-up (once / 79861 pages) n WORD FAMILY step-up USAGE EXAMPLESThe initiative is not as ambitious as Seattle’s step-up to $15 an hour. Seattle Times(Nov 12, 2016) At the call date, the bank promises either to refinance them, or to pay a higher interest rate on them—a step-up in the coupon. Wall Street Journal(Oct 05, 2016) Mrs. Clinton would also end the “step-up in basis” on stock valuations for many filers, triggering big capital gains taxes for a much broader population. Wall Street Journal(Sep 22, 2016) n the act of increasing something Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper increase decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something addition the act of adding one thing to another advance, riseincrease in price or value appreciationan increase in price or value surge, upsurgea sudden or abrupt strong increase augmentationthe act of augmenting amplification(electronics) the act of increasing voltage or power or current enlargement, expansionthe act of increasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope escalationan increase to counteract a perceived discrepancy maximation, maximisation, maximizationthe act of raising to the highest possible point or condition or position exaggerationthe act of making something more noticeable than usual expanding upon, expansionadding information or detail accrual, accruement, accumulationthe act of accumulating inclusionthe act of including aggrandisement, aggrandizement, elevationthe act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something strengtheningthe act of increasing the strength of something intensificationaction that makes something stronger or more extreme intensificationthe act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film) split, split up, stock splitan increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity retrofitthe act of adding a component or accessory to something that did not have it when it was manufactured fluoridation, fluoridisation, fluoridizationthe addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) dilatation, dilationthe act of expanding an aperture distension, distentionthe act of expanding by pressure from within stretchingact of expanding by lengthening or widening inflationthe act of filling something with air magnificationthe act of expanding something in apparent size extensionact of expanding in scope; making more widely available amplification, elaborationaddition of extra material or illustration or clarifying detail annotating, annotationthe act of adding notes subjoining, subjunction, supplementationthe act of supplementing buildupthe act of building up an accumulation incorporationincluding by incorporating ego trip, self-aggrandisement, self-aggrandizementan act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance roughnessharsh or severe speech or behavior aggravation, exacerbationaction that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse concentrationstrengthening the concentration (as of a solute in a mixture) by removing diluting material focalisation, focalization, focusingthe act of bringing into focus change of magnitude the act of changing the amount or size of something |
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