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

• 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。
• 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。
• While some reports show that some illegal steroids may help athletes bulk up and train harder, human growth hormone is not one of them, the report in the Annals of Internal Medicine suggests.
  在一些报告中称，某些违禁类固醇可以帮运动员快速增强运动能力且能更加刻苦的训练，报道在内科年鉴中称生长激素就是其中之一。
• 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？
• Shell, which has pursued arrow for about two years, is also developing a project in Queensland but it needs arrow to bulk up its gas reserves.
  在过去两年中一直试图收购arrow的壳牌在昆士兰也有自己的项目，但收购arrow可以使它拥有更多的煤层气储量。
• 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。
• It was at this time that the prospect of a short crop sent the prices of bulk Bordeaux up on the market-place.
  就是在这个时候可能减产的信号拉高了波尔多期酒的市场价格。
• Using taxpayers 'money to bulk up abroad would be frowned on.
  将纳税人的钱用于海外扩张是不会被通过的。
• Save every cent you can and by the end of the year your savings will bulk up to a handsome sum.
  把可以积蓄的每分钱都积蓄起来，到年终时，你的储蓄数目就很可观了。
• 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。