“动词+ up”短语荟萃

1. add up 加起来

Every time I add these figures up I get a different answer.

These figures don’t add up right.

 △ add up to 加起来等于，总计达; (总起来看)说明……,意味着

    The money he spent added up to more than $ 1,000. 

    Your long answer just adds up to a refusal.

2. break up

 (1) to become separated into smaller pieces 打碎；拆散；碎开

The ship broke up on the rocks. 船触礁裂开了。

 (2) to come or bring to an end, esp. by separating 结束；解散；驱散

Their marriage broke up. 他们婚姻破裂了。

 (3) to stop being together; separate or go in different directions 分离，断绝关系，散开

The crowd broke up. 人群散开了。

What will happen to the children if Jim and Mary break up?

如果Jim和Mary 离婚，孩子们怎么办呢？

3. bring up

 (1) to educate and care for (a child) until grown-up 养育，教养(孩子)

She was brought up to believe that money is the most important thing in life.

她所受的教养使她相信，金钱是生活中最重要的东西。

 (2) 呕吐 (throw up ) : He brought up his dinner. 他把晚餐吃的东西都呕吐出来了。

 (3) to mention or bring to attention (a subject) 提出(议题)

Don’t bring up that embarrassing topic. 不要提出哪个令人尴尬的话题。

4. build up

 (1) to (cause to) increase, develop, or become gradually larger (使)增进；增加；加强；振兴

The clouds are building up. 云正在密集起来。

Traffic going out of the city is already building up. 往城郊的交通正变得越来越拥挤。

to build up one’s body / strength 增强体质/ 加强力量

 (2) to praise so as to influence the opinion of others 捧起，赞扬，宣传

The singer has been built up into a great success. 这位歌星已经被捧红了。

5. burn up

 (1) to flame more brightly or strongly 旺起来，烧起来

Put some more wood on the fire to make it burn up. 加点木柴，使火烧得更旺。

 (2) to destroy or be destroyed completely by fire or great heat 烧毁，烧尽

The rocket burnt up when it re-entered the earth’s atmosphere.

 (3) to fill (someone’s ) mind completely 使(某人)充满……; 使着迷

He was burnt up with jealousy. 他妒火中烧。

6. catch up

 (1) to come up from behind and reach the same point ro level as 赶上，追上

    At the moment our technology is more advanced than theirs, but they are catching up (with us). 目前，我们的技术比他们的先进，但是他们正在很快地赶上来。

 (2) to do what needs to done in order to come up to date 赶做(应及时完成的工作)

I have to catch up on my work tonight, so I can’t come out. 今晚我得赶工作，不能出来了。

7. call up

 (1) to telephone / ring up 打电话给： I’ll call you up this evening.

 (2) (使)回忆起；把……召唤回来

   This song calls up memories of my childhood.  这支歌引起我对童年的回忆。

8. clean up: to clean thoroughly and remove anything unwanted 彻底扫除；收拾整理；清理

   It’s your turn to clean (the kitchen) up.

   The new mayor has promised to clean up the town by getting rid of all the criminals. 新市长已许愿要清楚一切罪犯。

9. clear up

 (1) 晴朗起来，开朗起来；好转

   I hope the weather clears up before Sunday. 我希望星期日前天气回转晴。

 (2) 澄清；说明；解答

   The book has cleared up many difficulties for me.

 (3) to put in order; tidy up; finish 整理；完成

   You’ll have to clear up the things on the table before we have tea.

   I have some unfinished work to clear up before I can go home.

10. come up

 (1) to come near, esp. by walking 走近；走过来；接近

   He came up and asked me if I knew the time.

 (2) 引起注意；值得考虑；被提出

   Your question came up at the meeting. 你的问题在会上给提出来讨论了。

 (3) to happen, esp. unexpectedly (尤指意想不到地)发生

   I’ll let you know if anything comes up.

 (4) 长出来:  Weeds are coming up everywhere.

11. cut up

(1) to cut into little pieces 切碎，割碎

  They cut down the tree and cut it up for firewood.

 (2) to make very sad and upset 使伤心，使难受

   Alice was really cut up when her friend died.

12. divide up 分(配)

   They divided up the land among themselves.

13. do up

 (1) to fasten or tie 扣，系，扎，捆

   Do up your buttons / my dress / this knot. 系上你的纽扣/ 替我扣上连衣裙/ 打上这个结。

 (2) to make (oneself) more beautiful 打扮

   Mary has done herself up for the party.

 (3) 收拾，整理，修理，装饰

   The house needs to be done up.

14.draw up

 (1) 起草，拟订: draw up a plan / contract

 (2) (车辆)到达某处停下: The car drew up (at the gate) and three men got out.

 (3) 使排好队伍；使列阵：The soldiers were drawn up outside the palace.

15. eat up : to eat all of (something) 吃完，吃光，好尽

   Come on, eat up; there’s plenty left. 来吧，把它们都吃光；还剩很多呢！

   A big car eats up money. 大汽车很耗费钱。

16. end up 最后(有某种结局), 最后(成了)

   Every time she tried to argue with her husband she ended up crying her eyes out.

   He ended up (as) head of the firm. 他最后成了 公司的主管人。

17. fill up

 (1) to complete (a form) by answering the questions in the spaces provided 填写(表格)

 (2) to make or become completely full (使)充满；装满

    The room soon filled up (with people). 房子很快就挤满了(人)。

18. fix up

 (1) to repair, change, or improve to make suitable for new needs修理，修补；整理

    My mother’s getting too old to live on her own, so we’re fixing up the spare room for her. 我的母亲太老了，不能自己生活了， 所以我们正收拾这个多出来的房间让她住。

 (2) 安顿，安排

    Can you fix me up with a bed for the night? 你能安排我过夜吗？

19. fit up 装备，布置

    We had to fit up one of the bedrooms as an office. 

20. get up

 (1) to (cause to) rise from bed in the morning (使)起床

    I’m sorry to phone so early; did I get you up?

 (2) to rise to one’s feet; stand up 起立；站起来

    Everyone got up when the judge came in.

21. give up

 (1) to stop having or doing 放弃，抛弃，中止

    He had to give up his studies through lack of money. 由于没有钱，他不得不辍学。

 (2) to stop attempting something; admit defeat 认输；中辍

    All the girls swam the lake except two, who gave up halfway.

除了两名女孩半途退出外，所有女孩都游过了湖。

 (3) 把(某人)交给警方；自首，投降

    The murderer gave himself up (to the police).

22. go up

 (1) to rise; increase 上升；增长:  Prices have gone up again.

 (2) to be built 被兴建；建立

    There are new houses going up everywhere round here. 这儿周围到处都建起了新房子。

23. grow up

 (1) (of a person) to develop from being a child to being a man or woman 长大成人

    What do you want to be when you grow up?

 (2) to become established; develop 确立，发展

    The custom grew up of dividing the father’s land between the sons.

    由儿子们分割父亲的地产已逐渐成为一种习俗。

24. hold up

 (1) (常用被动态)to delay 推迟，(使)耽搁

    The building of the new road has been held up by bad weather. 新公路的建造由于天气不好而耽搁下来了。

 (2) to show as an example 提出……(作为榜样)，展示

    The old man always held up his youngest son as a model of hard work.

那位老人总是举出自己的小儿子作为勤奋工作的榜样。

25. hurry up

 (1) to (cause to) act or move more quickly (使)加快行动(步子)

    I tried to hurry him up, but he wouldn’t walk any faster.

    If you don't hurry up we’ll miss the plane.

 (2) to do faster 赶快做(某事)

    We have to hurry this job up if we want to finish by Thursday. 我们如果想在星期四之前完工，就得干快一点。

26. hang up

  (1) to finish a telephone conversation by putting the receiver back 挂断电话

    I was so angry I hung up on her. 我一气之下挂断了她的电话。

  (2) 挂起来；耽搁，搁置

    He hung up his hat and coat.

    The business has been hung up owing to the partner’s illness.

27. join up

  (1) 把……连接起来：The electrician joined the wires up.

  (2) to become a member of an army, navy, etc. 参军，入伍

When war was declared he joined up at once.

28. keep up

  (1) 继续(下去), 继续(做某事)；保持

Keep up the good work! 继续好好干下去!

Will the fine weather keep up? 好天气会继续下去吗？

She kept up her spirits by singing. 她用唱歌来保持精神昂扬。

  (2) 跟上(不落后)

    I can’t keep up with these changes in fashion. 我赶不上时新样式的变化。

  (3) (使)不睡觉，(使)不倒下; 使……不掉下来

    △ keep up appearances 装面子；摆阔气

29. look up

  (1) to find (information) in a book (在书中)查检(资料等); 了解

Look up the word in the dictionary.

I’ll look up the times of the trains.

  (2) improve 会好转，改善:  Things are looking up. 情况正在看好。

  (3) to find and visit (sb) when in the same area 看望，拜访

I must look up an old friend who lives nearby.

30. lay up 搜集，储存

to lay up food for the winter 储藏过冬食物

to lay up problems for the future把问题留到将来解决

31. lift up举起，抬起，提起；鼓舞

If you lift up the chair I’ll clean the carpet underneath it.

His very presence lifted us all up.

32. light up

  (1) 开灯；点(烟)；照亮, 使生辉, 亮起来

The candles on the Christmas tree lit up the room.

The room suddenly lit up.

  (2) (使)变得喜悦起来

His face (was) lit up with sudden excitement.

A smile lit up her face.

33. make up

  (1) to invent (a story, a poem, an excuse, etc.), often in order to deceive编造，虚构，捏造

  (2) to form as a whole 形成，构成，组成

Farming and mining make up most of the country’s industry.

农业和矿业构成这个国家产业的大部分。

   (3) 凑足: They made up a four at tennis. 他们凑足了四个人来打网球。

  (4) 化装，化妆: They made him up as an old man for the last act (一幕) of the play.

  (5) to become friends again after (a quarrel)和解:  It’s time you made it up with your sister.

34. dry up

  (1) 擦干，使干:  The sun came out and dried up the streets in a half-hour.

  (2) to (cause to) become completely dry (使)干涸:  The well / river / stream has dried up.

35. open up 开辟，开拓，(使)展现；开放，开办

  (1) Modern scientific advance has opened up the possibility of a higher standard of life for most of our people.

  (2) They opened the country up to trade. 他们使这个国家在贸易上对外开放。

  (3) They decided to open up a business in the town.

36. put up

  (1) 举起(手)；搭起，盖起

Drop your weapons and put your hands up.

Have you put up the tent? 你搭起帐篷了没有？

They’re putting up a new office block. 他们正在建造一栋办公楼。

  (2) to fix(esp. a notice) in a public place where people can see it挂上；张贴

She put up the exam results. 她公布了这次考试的结果。

  (3) 为……提供膳宿；找膳宿之处，投宿

I’m afraid I can’t put you up; you’ll have to go to a hotel.

We’ll put up at a hotel for the night. 我们将在旅馆住一夜。

  (4) 提高，增加：They’ve put the price up.

37. pick up

  (1) 捡起，拾起；收拾，整理

Please pick up all your toys when you’ve finished playing.

  (2) to collect; arrange to go and get 取(物)；接(人)，接载(人)

Pick me up at the hotel.

I’m going to pick up my coat from the cleaner’s (洗衣店).

  (3) to come to have; gain, buy, learn, etc; 获得，得到，买到，学会

Where did you pick up that book / your English / that habit / such ideas?

  (4) to (cause to) start again (使)重新开始；to raise (oneself) after a fall or failure (跌倒后)再爬起来

    Let’s pick up where we left off. 让我们从停顿的地方重新开始。

    She picked herself up and started running again.

  (5) to allow to enter a vehicle 让人搭车; to be able to hear or receive 收听到

    We picked up a hitchhiker. 我们接载了一个搭乘便车的人。

38. ring up 给……打电话

39. set up

  (1) to establish or arrange (an organization, business, plan, etc.) 建立，设立，创办(组织，企业);制定 ；设置，竖起

    set up a committee / trust fund 设立一个委员会 / 信托基金

    Roadblocks(路障) were set up by the police to catch the escaped prisoner.

  (2) to produce; cause 造成，产生，引起；安装

    The high winds set up dangerous driving conditions.

40. send up 发射，发出；使上升/ 涨

  (1) They have sent up several spaceships this year.

  (2) Good news sent prices up on the market.

41. show up

  (1) to arrive as expected or arranged 到达，出现，来到某处

    She must have gone out early, for she had not shown up for breakfast.

  (2) to (cause to) be easily and clearly seen (使)显眼，(使)显现；显露出来

    A dark blue design will not show up on a black background.

    This test shows up your weaknesses in arithmetic(算术).

  (3) to make clear the unpleasant truth about 揭发，使不愉快的东西显露出来; 使难堪

    I intend to show up this liar (说谎者).

    When we go to parties my husband always shows me up by telling rude jokes.

42. sit up

  (1) to stay up late; not go to bed 熬夜，不睡:   We sat up to watch the midnight movie.

  (2) to (cause or help to) rise to a sitting position from a lying position (使或帮助) 坐起来；to sit properly upright in a chair端坐，坐正

43. speed up : to (cause to) move, go, or happen faster (使)加速；增速 (put / pick up speed)

  (1) We’d better speed up if we want to get there in time.

  (2) Production of the new model must be speeded up. 这一新式样产品的生产必须加快速度。

44. stay up 待着不睡觉；没有倒塌/下沉, 留着不撕 /拆下

  (1) I stayed up reading until midnight.

  (2)Your notice can stay up for a week, but then, I’m afraid, it’ll have to come down to make room for others.

45. tear up : to destroy completely by tearing 撕毁，撕碎

   (1) The maigcian tore up a $ 5 note and then made it whole again.

      魔术师把一张五英镑钞票撕碎，然后又使钞票恢复原样。

46. team up with 与……合作或一起工作

   I team up with Jane to do the job. 我与简合作做这个工作。

47. take up开始花时间从事(某项活动); 对……产生兴趣; 开始学习(某课程)，选修; (事物或事件)占用了(时间或空间); 接受……的建议 ; 继续

  (1) John took up acting while he was at college. 约翰在上大学时开始喜欢演戏。

  (2) The job took up most of Sunday. 这项工作占用了大半个星期天。

  (3) Why don’t take him up on his offer of a meal? 你为什么不接受他的邀请去吃饭呢？

  (4) I’ll take up the story where I finished yesterday. 我会从昨天故事结束的地方继续讲下去

48. throw up 呕吐(bring up)；放弃(某事)，停做

  (1) I hear you’ve thrown up your job. 我听说你辞去了那份工作。

49. turn up

  (1) to arrive; make one’s appearance 到达，来到，出席，赴约; 出现

We arranged to meet at the station but she didn’t turn up.

The book you have lost will turn up one of these days.

  (2) 开大，调大(反义turn down)；使加大；卷起，翻起，折起

Turn the radio up; I can’t hear it.

He turned the coat collar up because of the wind. 

  (3) to happen, esp. unexpectedly and fortunately (好事等)突然发生

Don’t worry, something’s sure to turn up. 别发愁，事态会有转机的。

50. use up: to finish completely (run out of) 消耗，用尽

   (1) Try not to use up all the flour. 尽量别把所有的面粉都用完。

51. wake up 醒来；叫醒

  (1) She had to wake up several times a night when their baby was ill.

  (2) Don’t make a noise –you’ll wake the baby up.

52. catch up with 赶上

(1) The thieves had gone ten miles before the police caught up with them.

(2) When will Britain catch up with Japan in industrial production?

come up with 提出(答案、解决办法等)

(1) Scientists will have to come up with new methods increasing the world’s food supply.

  end up with 以……结束

(1)   We started with soup, and had fruit to end up with.

(2)   We ended the dinner up with fruit and coffee.

53. keep up with 跟上，不落在……后面；了解(最新的发展等); 和......保持联系，和……来往

(1)   It is impossible to keep up with the news unless you read the newspapers.

(2)   For some years after his retirement he kept up with a number of his old workmates.

(3)   keep up with the Joneses 与邻居比阔气 (尤指比买贵重物品)

54. put up with 忍受，容忍

    (1) There are some things that are not easily put up with….

55. be fed up with 对……感到厌烦(不满)的

(1)   I’m rather fed up with your complaints. 我听够了你的牢骚。

56. be taken up with 忙于; 喜欢

He can’t help; he’s too taken up with his own problems.

他帮不了什么忙，他自己的问题还应付不了呢。

高考链接：

1.    (08海南34) After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane ____ her job as a doctor in the countryside.

A. set out                     B. took over                 C. took up                    D. set up

2. (08上海)….As a society, we really need to _____ this problem and do something about it….

A. look up to         B. face up to          C. make up for              D. come up with

3. (08浙江14)American Indian ______ about five percent of the U.S. population.  

  A. fill up                  B. bring up                   C. make up                   D. set up

4. (08浙江Cloze 36)…But my father always _____ and said easily, “Oh, no, it’s fine.” …

  A. stood up        B. set out               C. showed up         D. turned out

5. (08江苏23)– Is Peter there?

  -- _______, please. I’ll see if I can find him for you.  

  A. Hold up            B. Hold on                     C. Hold out                  D. Hold off

6. (2011 全国, 26) I can _____ the house being untidy, but I hate it if it's not clean.

  A. come up with B. put up with        C. turn to                     D. stick to

7. (2011 浙江, 12) He decided that he would drive all the way home instead of ____ at a hotel for the night.

  A. putting down B. putting off         C. putting on                D. putting up

8. (2010 山东, 27) Same ____ some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it.

  A. brought up            B.looked up                  C. picked up                 D. set up

9. (2010 江西, 26) Smell the flowers before you go to sleep, and you may just ___ sweet dreams.

  A. keep up with  B. put up with        C. end up with              D. catch up with

10. (2010 湖北, 29) Had she _____ her promise, she would have made it Yale University.

  A. looked up to  B. lived up to         C. kept up with             D. come up with

答案详解：

1. C. take up “从事或开始某项工作”。   

2. B face up to “勇敢地接受/ 对付”; look up to “抬头看，仰视；尊敬”; make up for “弥补”。  

3. C. make up "组成，构成；化妆；虚构；和解"; fill up"充满，装满；填写"；bring up "抚养；呕吐"； set up"建立，设立；产生"。     

4. C show up "出现，到来"。根据上下文提示"父亲这个时候出现了，并对我说......"。set out"着手，动身，出发"；turn out "结果是，证明是"

5. B hold on 为电话用语，表示"稍等，不要挂机"；hold up "举起，坚持住"；hold off "挡住，离开"； hold out "伸出"

6. B 句意：我可以忍受房间乱点儿，但我讨厌它不干净。come up with"提出，想出"；put up with"

  忍受"; turn to"求助于，转向"；stick to"坚持"。

7. D 句意：他决定当晚直接开车回家，而不住旅馆。put down"镇压，记下，降落"；put off"推迟，延期"；put on "穿上，戴上"；put up"举起，建造；提高；投宿"。

8. C 句意：Sam只通过观看别人操作电脑便学到了一些电脑知识。bring up "抚养"；look up"抬头看； 查询"；pick up "捡起；取物，接人；好转；学会"；set up "建造，搭起"

9. C 句意：睡前闻闻这些花，你可能会做美梦。keep up with"跟上"；put up with "容忍，忍受"；end up with "以......结束"；catch up with "追上，赶上"。

10. B 句意：假如她当初遵守自己的诺言，她本可以被耶鲁大学录取的。live up to "符合，不辜负；遵守" ；look up to "赞赏，尊敬"； keep up with "跟上，不落在……后面；了解(最新的发展等); 和......保持联系，和……来往"; come up with "提出，想出"

巩固提高：

1.    She______ Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.

A. picked out         B. made out           C. made up            D. picked up

2.    After he retired from office, Rogers ____ painting for a while, but soon lost interest.

A. took up             B. saved up            C. kept up             D. drew up

3.    For all these years I have been working for others. I’m hoping I’ll ___ my own business someday.

A. turn up             B. fix up               C. set up         D. make up

4.    What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has ____?

A. given out          B. put out              C. held up             D. used up

5.   Everybody in the village likes Jack because he is good at telling and _____ jokes.

A. turning up         B. putting up         C. making up         D. showing up

6.    Helen always helps her mother even though going to school ____ most of her day.

A. takes up            B. makes up           C. saves up            D. puts up

7.    We had a really bad time about six months ago but now things are ____.

A. looking up        B. coming up  C. making up         D. turning up

8.    He has left out the most important reason why he ____ last night.

A. stayed up          B. put up        C. picked up          D. kept up

9.    The driver began to speed up to ______for the hour he’d lost in the traffic jam.

A. keep up             B. take up              C. catch up            D. make up

10.   After staying in hospital for long, the patient was advised to go to the seaside to ____ his health.

A. take up             B. pick up             C. carry up            D. make up

11.   –Does he know how to work out the problem?

--Yes, he has ______ a good idea to solve it.

A. caught up with        B. kept up with        C. come up with            D. put up with

12.   – I hear John refused to tell the truth and was taken away by the police.

--Where did you ____?

   A. pick that up         B. put that up         C. make that up             D. take that up

13.   –Do you still have the bill, madam?

--No, I’m afraid I’ve _____.

   A. torn it up             B. picked it up          C. turned it up              D. used it up

14. At the press meeting, Liu Xiang _____ his strong desire to win the gold medal again in the 2008 Olympic Games.

   A. took up               B. made up                   C. brought up        D. sent up

15. Bad habits are easily _____ while good ones are hard to develop.

   A. kept up           B. caught up              C. drawn up              D. picked up

Keys:     D A C A C    A A A D B    C A A C D

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