bulk up

英 [bʌlk ʌp]

美 [bʌlk ʌp]

（使）加大（或加厚）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB （使）加大（或加厚）
  If someone or somethingbulks uporbulks out, they become bigger or heavier.
  1. Use extra vegetables to bulk up the omelette...
     再加些蔬菜使煎蛋看上去量更大。
  2. Holyfield has bulked up to 210 pounds using weights.
     霍利菲尔德体重增到了210磅。

双语例句

• JP Morgan Chase's plan to buy Bank One highlights the desire for financial services companies to bulk up their retail banking businesses, but what does it mean for investment banking?
  摩根大通收购第一银行的计划突出表明，金融服务公司渴望扩充零售银行业务，但这对投资银行业务又意味着什么呢？
• They can also bulk up on the more technical areas of finance by enrolling in summer classes at other institutions.
  他们还可以通过报名参加其他学校的夏季课程增强自己对更为专业的金融学知识的掌握。
• Even P& G felt the need to bulk up by acquiring Gillette as a counter to retailers that exerted buying power against branded goods.
  就连宝洁都觉得有必要通过收购吉列（gillette）来增强实力，以对付那些利用购买力打压品牌商品的零售商。
• Several large hedge funds have begun to bulk up their presence in the region.
  数家大型对冲基金已开始扩展亚洲地区的业务。
• So if the Google service shows flu cases are rising, she says,'you could bulk up on vitamins and wash your hands more-all the necessary things you should do. '
  她说，如果谷歌服务显示她所在地区的流感案例不断上升，她就会服用更多维生素，更加频繁地洗手&总之，采取一切必要的预防措施。
• Most foreign companies at BIBF publish academic materials, which are in great demand since Chinese libraries and universities are looking to bulk up their collections of English academic books.
  这些海外出版物以学术类为主，以满足国内图书馆与大学充实英语学术类出版物收藏的巨大需求，这也是历届北京国际图书博览会的传统。
• His money would bulk up to a fortune if he saved everything he could.
  他如果尽量节约的话，就可以积累一笔钱财。
• With your goal in mind, whether to lose weight, bulk up muscles, or both, your personal budget, activity level, and even what you like to do should be rolled together so you can make the best choice.
  牢记自己的目的，不论是减肥、还是发达肌肉、或两者皆有，以及个人预算、活动量、甚至自己运动的喜好都应该包括起来考虑，这样才能做出最佳的选择。
• Holyfield has bulked up to 210 pounds using weights.
  霍利菲尔德体重增到了210磅。
• Technology ensures that stock exchanges are no longer natural monopolies, so the best approach for an incumbent is to bulk up and focus on derivatives, particularly futures, where entry costs remain prohibitive.
  科技把证交所赶下了自然垄断者的神坛，因此对现有的交易所来说，最佳出路便是扩大规模并专注于进入成本仍然很高的衍生品业务，尤其是期货业务。