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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the so-called Hierarchical Model of galaxy formation, galaxies are supposed to slowly bulk up their stars over time by absorbing tiny pieces of galaxies, rather than in one big burst.
  关于星系的形成，所谓的“等级理论模型”中说：随着时间的推移，星系应该通过吸收星系中的零星物质来慢慢地扩大恒星的数目，而不是猛然间大规模地诞生。
• They have a scone-like consistency and as well as a popular breakfast item, they're also used to bulk up goulash meals.
  类似于烤饼并作为普遍的早餐项目，它们也被用于扩充菜炖牛肉餐。
• Since BNP Paribas has no intention of turning itself into a boutique, the bank will have to either bulk up or get out.
  由于巴黎银行无意将自己转变成一个精品银行，该银行要么必须发展壮大，要么就只能退出市场。
• 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。
• 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。
• Investment banking cuts would account for the bulk of up to 2 00000 jobs disappearing across the entire financial services sector this year, according to Experian, the research agency.
  据研究机构益百利（experian）统计，在今年整个金融服务领域所裁撤的20万个职位中，投行裁员将占主要部分。
• 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。