jack up

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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

• Inflation has jacked up the rate of unemployment.
  通货膨胀导致了失业率的大幅攀升。
• None of this is to say that the Fed should jack up rates without warning, or to extremely high levels.
  所有这些并不是说，美联储应在不提出任何警告的情况下加息，或者将利率上调至极高水平。
• 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。
• Leverage boosts buying power through debt, the same way a100-pound woman uses a lever to jack up a3,000-pound car.
  杠杆作用通过贷款使购房能力提高。就像100磅的女士通过杠杆机制可以撬起3000磅的车一样。
• Always jack up the car before inflating the tire so that the tube can distribute itself around the tire evenly.
  在充气前，通常应该用千斤顶顶起汽车，使内胎能够均匀地沿着轮胎的每一处扩充起来。
• You need to jack up the car before you try to remove the wheel.
  你得先把汽车顶起来，然后设法拆轮子。
• The tests, prompted by the discovery that a Chinese subcontractor had used toxic lead paint in some of Mattel's toys, promise to jack up costs in an industry in which margins are already razor-thin.
  客户要求进行测试的起因是，人们发现一家中国转包商在美泰的一些玩具中使用了有毒的含铅油漆。这些测试肯定会增加利润已经极其微薄的玩具行业的成本。
• 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。
• Some stores jack up the price.
  有些商店抬高价格。