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

• They jack up their prices in the tourist season.
  在旅游季节他们高抬价格。
• 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。
• A day or two later in the trailhead parking lot, horses loaded into the trailer, Ennis was ready to head back to Signal, Jack up to Lightning Flat to see the old man.
  一两天之后，在山道的起点处，马匹都被赶上了卡车。埃尼斯要动身回西格诺去了，杰克则要回赖特宁平原看他爹。
• 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。
• We should jack up discipline among the servicemen.
  我们应加强服役人员的纪律性。
• 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。
• Maybe they are going to jack up the price of oil.
  他们可能会抬高石油价格。
• Make sure you've got the tools ready before you jack up the car.
  在用千斤顶把汽车托起之前，一定要把工具准备好。
• Some stores jack up the price.
  有些商店抬高价格。
• 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。