| 释义 |
work someone upGradually bring someone, especially oneself, to a state of intense excitement, anger, or anxiety: he got all worked up and started shouting and swearing...- You psyche yourself up for the operation, go without food the night before and don't get much sleep because you are worked up.
- Music makes us swoon, yearn, weep, laugh, gets us all lovey-dovey or can work us up into an aggressive, martial frenzy.
- And most of us shudder at the idea of ridding the monarchy of the pomp and pageantry that routinely works us up into a collective frenzy.
See parent entry: work |