jack up

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美 [dʒæk ʌp]

用千斤顶托起（汽车等）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 用千斤顶托起（汽车等）
  If youjack upa heavy object such as a car, you raise it off the ground using a jack.
  1. They jacked up the car...
     他们用千斤顶托起了汽车。
  2. All I had to do was jack the car up and put on the spare.
     我要做的就是用千斤顶把汽车托起来，再把备胎换上。
• PHRASAL VERB 不合理地抬高，哄抬（价格）；大幅度增加（数量）
  Tojack upthe price or amount of something means to increase it to an unreasonable or unacceptable level.
  1. The plan would cost so much that the company would have to jack up its prices...
     这一计划耗资巨大，公司将不得不大幅度提高价格。
  2. Inflation has jacked up the rate of unemployment.
     通货膨胀导致了失业率的大幅攀升。

英英释义

verb

• lift with a special device
  1. jack up the car so you can change the tire
  Synonym:jack

双语例句

• Jack up discipline among the servicemen He is attached to a destroyer.
  加强服役人员的纪律性他在一艘驱逐舰上服役。
• While at& T argues that the merger will expand cell phone service for customers, government officials are concerned that the deal will jack up cell phone costs.
  尽管AT&T认为，此次并购将扩大手机服务范围，但政府官员担心此项交易一旦达成，将会导致手机使用成本上升。
• If they jack up the wage rates they'll have to cut down on expenditure somewhere else.
  他们要提高工资比率，就得削减其他方面的开支。
• Jack up the car and change the wheel with the punctured tire.
  用千斤顶把汽车抬起，把跑气的轮胎换掉。
• The plan would cost so much that the company would have to jack up its prices
  这一计划耗资巨大，公司将不得不大幅度提高价格。
• They jacked up the car
  他们用千斤顶托起了汽车。
• Some major publishers jack up the price libraries pay for e-books compared to what they charge the public.
  相较于公开售价，一些大出版商有意抬高图书馆购买电子书的价格。
• You cannot get in your car with the jack up like that.
  千斤顶这样放着你根本进不了车，会掉下来的！
• When the economy overheated, the central bank was compelled to jack up interest rates higher than it would otherwise have had to. This attracted massive capital inflows – which, in turn, pushed up the real.
  随着经济开始过热，巴西央行只得把利率上调至本无必要调至的水平。这吸引大量热钱流入，反过来又推高了雷亚尔汇率。
• In the budget the chancellor is bound to jack up the price of cigarettes.
  在预算中，该大臣必然要提高香烟的价格。