Up经常表示“完（成）......”的概念

动词 + up

Eat up: 吃完

Use up: 用完

Finish up: 做完

Give up: 放弃

常见的十大up短语

Open up

敞开（心扉等）

You can open up to your counselor: 你可以向你的咨询师敞开心扉。

Look up

查阅

I'll look up the definition of that word in the dictionary: 我要在字典里查一下那个词的定义。

Dress up

打扮

We're going to a party tonight, so we should dress up for it: 我们今晚要去参加一个聚会，所以我们应该盛装出席。

Make up

弥补、修补

They had a big argument, but they made up and are friends again: 他们大吵了一架，但他们和好了，又成了朋友。

Put up with someone/something

忍受某人、某事

I'm not putting up with this anymore: 这个事情我不会再忍了。

Catch up (on)

补、赶上

I have to catch up on my homework: 我必须赶完家庭作业。

Step up

扩大

Step up your efforts to send aid to us: 加大力度向我们提供援助。

Crack up

开怀大笑

The comedian's jokes were so funny that the entire audience cracked up: 这位喜剧演员的笑话非常搞笑，以至于全部观众都大笑起来。

Dream up

凭空想出，虚构出

The author dreamed up a fantastical world for their novel: 作者为他们的小说构思了一个奇幻的世界。

End up

最后处于、最后成为、以…...告终

We got lost and ended up in a small, charming town: 我们迷路了，最后到了一个迷人的小镇。

So glad we didn't mess up or screw up!

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