20190227 boost

boost

【英英释义】

v. 1. if one thing boosts another, it causes it to increase, improve, or be more successful. 使增长，推动，改进，使兴旺 V n  /  usu sing  also a noun 支持，增长

2. if something boosts your confidence or morale, it improves it. 增强，提高信心或士气 V n  also a noun  信心

to increase or improve something and make it more successful.

【词义深度解析】

boost可以作名词也可以作动词，意思是“增强、促进、刺激”，今天学习其动词用法。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。根据不同语境，可以替换increase, improve, strengthen等词，后面常接名词economy, sales, confidence, morale, productiveity等。

【例句学习】

1. The new port will undoubtedlly boost local economy.

undoubtedlly adv.毫无疑问

2. That Jeju Island waived the visa for Chinese citizens in 2008 considerably boosted its tourism. 2008年济州岛不强制中国游客必须用visa支付，极大地促进了当地旅游业发展。

Jeju Island 济州岛 waive v. 放弃合法权利，特定情况下不强求执行（规则等）

3. After losing three matches in a row, Liverpool finally won a game at home, greatly boosting the team's morale/confidence.利物浦队在接连输掉三场比赛之后终于在主场赢得了比赛，极大地鼓舞了球队的士气。

4. Derided by some the company said the publicity had boosted sales of its other "iconic sausage rolls" and food. 有代表性的香肠卷

deride v.嘲笑，侮蔑 publicity n.宣传，报道 sausage n.香肠，腊肠

5. 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.被中国视为一带一路倡议的区域枢纽——埃及，通过在基建上的大量投入使得其尽可能地扩大了影响力。

【词汇运用】

1.翻译：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。

This powerfui application can boost considerably the work efficency for the users who are hard to concentrate. （自己）

This powerful app will greatly boost productivity of those who find themselves hard to concentrate. / Those who find themselves hard to focus will find their productivity greatly boosted by this powerful app.

分析：powerful和concentrate的选词和参考翻译一致，算是一点进步。不过效率一词，productivity, get it.

2.生活场景应用

The success of the first TOFEL test greatly boosted my confidenct in study abroad.