老外最常用的英文短語(MP3+中英字幕) 第595期:work up

釋義：

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work up 使……漸漸……

work up 後面接 interest, nerve, appetite 等詞，就表示主語漸漸產生可以理解爲產生興趣，勇氣，食慾等。另外，work ... up 表示“讓某人生氣”，也可以用作 get worked up 的形態。

例句：

That'll really work up your appetite for lunch.
那樣的話會提升你的食慾的。
Go work up some new ideas and then we'll go over it during lunch.
去想幾個好主意來，然後我們吃午飯時好好商量商量。
I just think you're getting worked up over nothing.
我覺得你在爲一個莫名其妙的事情發火。
What are you so worked up about?
你爲什麼會那麼生氣？

對話：

A: Have you worked up the courage to ask her out?
你鼓起勇氣約她出去了嗎？
B: I'm still too afraid.
我還是很害怕。