每日一词#boost#

词:boost

英英释义:to increase or improve something and make it more successful

例句:That Jeju Island waived the visa for Chinese citizens in 2008 considerably boosted its tourism.

“boost”可以作名词也可以作动词,意思是“增强、促进、刺激”,我们今天学习它作动词的用法。boost 在外媒中出现频率极高,尤其是经济和商业相关的文章中很难不碰到它。根据不同的语境,它可以替换 increase, improve, strengthen 等词,后面接的常见名词有 economy, sales, confidence, morale, productivity 等。我们来看几个例句。

新的港口建成后无疑可以促进当地经济的发展,我们就可以说:

The new port will undoubtedly boost local economy.

2008 年济州岛开始对中国公民面签后极大地刺激了当地的旅游业,就可以说:

That Jeju Island waived the visa for Chinese citizens in 2008 considerably boosted its tourism.

利物浦在连续输掉 3 场比赛后终于在主场赢得了比赛,极大地鼓舞了球队的士气,就可以说:

After losing three matches in a row, Liverpool finally won a game at home, greatly boosting the team's morale/confidence.

最近《经济学人》在一则商业新闻中就用到了 boost, 后面接的是 sales:

Derided by some the company said the publicity had boosted sales of its other “iconic sausage rolls” and food.

《经济学人》在另一篇关于中国出国游的文章中再一次用到了 boost:

Take Egypt, which China sees as a regional hub of its Belt and Road Initiative—an effort to boost its influence through massive spending on infrastructure.

这一次,boost 后面接的是 influence, 而《牛津英语搭配词典》中并没有列出 boost influence 这组搭配。可见很多地道、灵活的搭配我们必须通过大量阅读和刻意积累来获得。

1)翻译下面的句子:

对很难专注的用户来说,这款强大的应用可以极大地提高工作效率。

(参考翻译:This powerful app will greatly boost productivity of those who find themselves hard to concentrate. 或 Those who find themselves hard to focus will find their productivity greatly boosted by this powerful app.)

2)造句。

例子: step by step,you can boost your confidence by your actions.

场景 :一步步地,你可以用行动来增强自信。

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