英语词汇“to bump up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

colloquial (originally U.S.).

1. transitive. To make larger, greater, or more numerous; to increase, to raise.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase rapidly or sharply

balloon1901

to bump up1901

skyrocket1976

inflate1984

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > increase (prices) > suddenly

to bump up1901

1901 Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee 20 Dec. 10/7 (advt.) Just long enough for the trust outfit to get together and bump up the prices.

1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie xii. 192 Olga bumps up his allowance every time he horsewhips anybody for making a pass at her.

1983 P. Dallas Ital. Wines (new ed.) iii. 70 When deciding whether a wine has the qualities to justify its being aged..it is not just a question of blithely bumping up the sugar and leaving it at that.

2015 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. A cash-and-stock deal..whose price was bumped up by $4 per share in cash on Monday.

2. transitive (often in passive). To move (a person) to a higher level or status; to promote from one group or position to another.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > career > have career [verb (transitive)] > promote or upgrade

advancec1300

promote1402

to kick (someone) upstairs1678

upgrade1920

to bump up1957

1957 Assembly (Assoc. of Graduates, U.S. Milit. Acad.) Jan. 35/3 Since the last issue of the Assembly, two '38ers were promoted to BG and two were bumped up to MG.

1972 M. Kaye Lively Game of Death v. 23 We had our eye on him for a long time, just waiting for a chance to bump him up to executive level.

1999 M. A. Hennessy How to go almost Anywhere for almost Nothing i. i. 4 Much to my delight, I was ‘bumped up’ to business class on one crowded flight.

2011 C. Taylor Londoners 346 You've got the whole hierarchy [of barristers], Silks at the top..and..if you get Silk early, you get bumped up to the QCs.

单词	to bump up
释义	> as lemmas to bump up to bump up colloquial (originally U.S.). 1. transitive. To make larger, greater, or more numerous; to increase, to raise. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [verb (transitive)] > increase rapidly or sharply balloon1901 to bump up1901 skyrocket1976 inflate1984 society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > fluctuation in price > [verb (transitive)] > increase (prices) > suddenly to bump up1901 1901 Omaha (Nebraska) Daily Bee 20 Dec. 10/7 (advt.) Just long enough for the trust outfit to get together and bump up the prices. 1940 N. Mitford Pigeon Pie xii. 192 Olga bumps up his allowance every time he horsewhips anybody for making a pass at her. 1983 P. Dallas Ital. Wines (new ed.) iii. 70 When deciding whether a wine has the qualities to justify its being aged..it is not just a question of blithely bumping up the sugar and leaving it at that. 2015 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. A cash-and-stock deal..whose price was bumped up by $4 per share in cash on Monday. 2. transitive (often in passive). To move (a person) to a higher level or status; to promote from one group or position to another. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > career > have career [verb (transitive)] > promote or upgrade advancec1300 promote1402 to kick (someone) upstairs1678 upgrade1920 to bump up1957 1957 Assembly (Assoc. of Graduates, U.S. Milit. Acad.) Jan. 35/3 Since the last issue of the Assembly, two '38ers were promoted to BG and two were bumped up to MG. 1972 M. Kaye Lively Game of Death v. 23 We had our eye on him for a long time, just waiting for a chance to bump him up to executive level. 1999 M. A. Hennessy How to go almost Anywhere for almost Nothing i. i. 4 Much to my delight, I was ‘bumped up’ to business class on one crowded flight. 2011 C. Taylor Londoners 346 You've got the whole hierarchy [of barristers], Silks at the top..and..if you get Silk early, you get bumped up to the QCs. extracted from bumpv.¹ < as lemmas
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