单词 | raise |
释义 | raise (once / 29 pages) 1vn 2vn 3v 4v If you raise your hand, you put it up in the air. If you raise your daughter, you “bring her up” from childhood to adulthood. And, if you raise the roof, you and a crowd of people cheer wildly for a performer. Raise can be used almost any time you bring something up, either literally: “if you raise the lid on that trap door you will see a secret passage,” or figuratively: “please don't raise the topic of my arachnophobia.” The verb raise comes from the Old English word ræran, which means “to rear,” as in, “do you really want to raise your children in that town?” As a noun, a raise can also mean a salary increase. WORD FAMILYraise: raisable, raiseable, raised, raiser, raises, raising+/raised: raisedest, unraised/raiser: raisers/raising: raisingly, raisings USAGE EXAMPLESMore rain fell in October than in three decades, raising the state’s major reservoirs in Northern California and hopes that the drought will soon end. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) They say all potential revenue increases should be on the table, including raising the gas tax and imposing tolls. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Trump signaled more protective U.S. trade policies, raising concerns about the impact on developing markets. Reuters(Jan 03, 2017) 1 1v move upwards Syn|Hyper lift displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 2v raise from a lower to a higher position Raise your hands Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bring up, elevate, get up, lift bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down move something or somebody to a lower position get up cause to rise jack, jack uplift with a special device shoulderlift onto one's shoulders kick upcause to rise by kicking hoist, lift, windraise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help trice, trice upraise with a line hoist, run upraise hoistmove from one place to another by lifting pumpraise (gases or fluids) with a pump levitatecause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity underlayraise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type skidelevate onto skids pinnacleraise on or as if on a pinnacle chin, chin upraise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar leaven, provecause to puff up with a leaven heightenincrease the height of boost, hike, hike upincrease gather up, lift up, pick uptake and lift upward erect, rearcause to rise up trice, trice uphoist up or in and lash or secure with a small rope pitch, set uperect and fasten cock up, prick, prick upraise displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense 3v construct, build, or erect Raise a barn Syn|Ant|Hyper erect, put up, rear, set up dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down tear down so as to make flat with the ground build, construct, make make by combining materials and parts 4v cause to puff up with a leaven Syn|Hyper leaven, prove bring up, elevate, get up, lift raise from a lower to a higher position 5v bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to project raised edges Hyper bring out, set off direct attention to, as if by means of contrast 6v pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth raise your `o' Hyper articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say, sound out speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way 7n the act of raising something fireman learn several different raises for getting ladders up Syn|Hyper heave, lift actuation, propulsion the act of propelling 8n the amount a salary is increased he got a 3% raise Syn|Hyper hike, rise, salary increase, wage hike, wage increase increase, increment the amount by which something increases 9n an upward slope or grade (as in a road) 2Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper acclivity, ascent, climb, rise, upgrade declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall a downward slope or bend uphill the upward slope of a hill incline, side, slope an elevated geological formation 1v increase Syn|Hypo|Hyper enhance, heighten potentiate increase the effect of or act synergistically with (a drug or a physiological or biochemical phenomenon) compound, deepen, heighten, intensify make more intense, stronger, or more marked 2v raise the level or amount of something raise my salary raise the price of bread Hypo|Hyper bump up increase or raise increase make bigger or more 3v invigorate or heighten Syn|Hyper lift ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 4v raise in rank or condition Syn|Hypo|Hyper elevate, lift dignify raise the status of exaltraise in rank, character, or status deifyexalt to the position of a God alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 5v give a promotion to or assign to a higher position Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper advance, elevate, kick upstairs, promote, upgrade break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate assign to a lower position; reduce in rank tenure give life-time employment to bring uppromote from a lower position or rank spot promotepromote on the spot ennoble, entitle, gentlegive a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility favor, favour, preferpromote over another brevetpromote somebody by brevet, in the military baronetise, baronetizeconfer baronetcy upon lordmake a lord of someone dub, knightraise (someone) to knighthood advantagegive an advantage to assign, delegate, depute, designate give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) 6v multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 Hyper multiply combine by multiplication 7v bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level Hyper bid, call make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands 8v bet more than the previous player Hyper bet, play, wager stake on the outcome of an issue 9v put an end to raise a siege Syn|Hyper lift end, terminate bring to an end or halt 10n increasing the size of a bet (as in poker) 3I'll see your raise and double it Hypo|Hyper double, doubling raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2 gamble a risky act or venture 1v summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic raise the specter of unemployment Syn|Hypo|Hyper arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, stir call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke evoke or provoke to appear or occur anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict wish harm upon; invoke evil upon blessgive a benediction to anele, anoint, embrocate, inunct, oiladminister an oil or ointment to ; often in a religious ceremony of blessing create, make make or cause to be or to become 2v call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) raise a smile Syn|Hypo|Hyper arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke strike a chord, touch a chord evoke a reaction, response, or emotion ask for, inviteincrease the likelihood of drawelicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc. rekindlearouse again infatuatearouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way prickto cause a sharp emotional pain fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up, wakearouse or excite feelings and passions excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stirstir the feelings, emotions, or peace of excitearouse or elicit a feeling angermake angry discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upsetcause to lose one's composure shamecause to be ashamed bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, woundhurt the feelings of overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelmovercome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli interestexcite the curiosity of; engage the interest of devastateoverwhelm or overpower absorb, engage, engross, occupyconsume all of one's attention or time clutch, get hold of, seizeaffect affront, diss, insulttreat, mention, or speak to rudely fermentwork up into agitation or excitement fuelstimulate arouse, excite, sex, turn on, wind upstimulate sexually affright, fright, frighten, scarecause fear in enervate, faze, unnerve, unsettledisturb the composure of dissolvecause to lose control emotionally combustcause to become violent or angry miffcause to be annoyed gall, irkirritate or vex exasperate, incense, infuriatemake furious maddenmake mad offend, piquecause to feel resentment or indignation bemuse, bewilder, discombobulate, throwcause to be confused emotionally abash, embarrasscause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious discountenancelook with disfavor on anguish, hurt, paincause emotional anguish or make miserable laceratedeeply hurt the feelings of; distress stingcause an emotional pain, as if by stinging enrageput into a rage; make violently angry thrill, tickle, vibratefeel sudden intense sensation or emotion afflictcause great unhappiness for; distress abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortifycause to feel shame; hurt the pride of invite, temptgive rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting killoverwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration benightovertake with darkness or night knock outoverwhelm with admiration staggerastound or overwhelm, as with shock lockhold fast (in a certain state) elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, upliftfill with high spirits; fill with optimism animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorateheighten or intensify titillateexcite pleasurably or erotically aggravate, exacerbate, exasperateexasperate or irritate fascinate, grip, spellbind, transfixto render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe enthusecause to feel enthusiasm create, make make or cause to be or to become 3v activate or stir up raise a mutiny Hyper incite, instigate, set off, stir up provoke or stir up 4v create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise raise hell raise the roof raise Cain Hyper create, make make or cause to be or to become 5v cause to become alive again raise from the dead Syn|Hyper resurrect, upraise resurrect, rise, uprise return from the dead resuscitate, revive cause to regain consciousness 6v cause to be heard or known; express or utter raise a shout raise a protest raise a sad cry Hypo|Hyper bring forward, call up bring forward for consideration express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise 7v put forward for consideration or discussion raise the question of promotions Syn|Hyper bring up advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer make reference to 8v establish radio communications with They managed to raise Hanoi last night Hyper contact, get hold of, get through, reach be in or establish communication with 9v cause to assemble or enlist in the military raise an army Syn|Hyper levy, recruit draft, enlist, muster in engage somebody to enter the army 10v collect funds for a specific purpose 4The President raised several million dollars for his college Hypo|Hyper fund raise, fund-raise, fundraise raise money for a cause or project collect, take in call for and obtain payment of 1v cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques We raise hogs here Syn|Hypo|Hyper farm, grow, produce carry bear (a crop) overproduceproduce in excess; produce more than needed or wanted keepraise herdkeep, move, or drive animals cultivate foster the growth of 2v bring up raise a family Syn|Hypo bring up, nurture, parent, rear fledge feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight cradlebring up from infancy fosterbring up under fosterage; of children |
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