1. | ~ sth 提升;举起;提起to lift or move sth to a higher level |
She raised the gun and fired. 她举枪射击。 | |
He raised a hand in greeting. 他扬起手表示问候。 | |
She raised her eyes from her work. 她停下工作,抬起头看了看。 |
2. | ~ sth/sb/yourself (+ adv./prep.) (使)直立,站立to move sth/sb/yourself to a vertical position |
Somehow we managed to raise her to her feet. 不管怎样,我们终于让她站了起来。 | |
He raised himself up on one elbow. 他用一只胳膊肘支起身子。 |
3. | ~ sth (to sth) 增加,提高(数量、水平等)to increase the amount or level of sth |
to raise salaries/prices/taxes 提高薪水╱价格╱税金 | |
They raised their offer to $500. 他们将出价抬高到 500 元。 | |
How can we raise standards in schools? 我们怎样才能提高学校的水平? | |
Don't tell her about the job until you know for sure─we don't want to raise her hopes(= make her hope too much) . 没确定之前别告诉她工作的事,我们不想让她期望过高。 | |
I've never heard him even raise his voice(= speak louder because he was angry) . 我甚至从没听到他提高过嗓门儿。 |
4. | ~ sth 筹募;征集;召集;组建to bring or collect money or people together; to manage to get or form sth |
to raise a loan 筹集贷款 | |
We are raising money for charity. 我们在进行慈善募捐。 | |
He set about raising an army . 他着手组建一支部队。 |
5. | ~ sth 提及;提起(课题)to mention sth for people to discuss or sb to deal with |
The book raises many important questions . 这本书谈到了许多重要问题。 | |
I'm glad you raised the subject of money. 我很高兴你提到了钱这个话题。 |
6. | ~ sth 引起;导致;使出现to cause or produce sth; to make sth appear |
to raise doubts in people's minds 引起人们的怀疑 | |
The plans for the new development have raised angry protests from local residents. 新的开发计划惹得当地居民愤怒抗议。 | |
It wasn't an easy audience but he raised a laugh with his joke. 虽然这些观众很难逗乐,但他的笑话还是引起了一阵笑声。 | |
It had been a difficult day but she managed to raise a smile. 尽管这一天很不顺利,但她还是努力露出笑容。 | |
The horses' hooves raised a cloud of dust. 马蹄翻飞,扬起一片尘土。 |
7. | 抚养;养育;培养to care for a child or young animal until it is able to take care of itself |
They were both raised in the South. 他们俩都是在南方长大的。 | |
kids raised on a diet of hamburgers 吃汉堡包长大的孩子 | |
They raised her (as) a Catholic. 他们把她培养成为天主教徒。 | |
I was born and raised a city boy. 我是个在都市里出生、长大的男孩。 |
8. | ~ sth 饲养;培育;种植to breed particular farm animals; to grow particular crops |
to raise cattle/corn 养牛;种植玉米 |
9. | ~ sth 终止,解除(约束)to end a restriction on sb/sth |
to raise a blockade/a ban/an embargo/a siege 解除封锁╱禁令╱禁运╱包围 |
10. | ~ sb (通过无线电或电话)与…取得联系,和…通话to contact sb and speak to them by radio or telephone |
We managed to raise him on his mobile phone. 我们打他的移动电话,总算找到了他。 |
11. | ~ sb (from sth) 使起死回生;使复活to make sb who has died come to life again |
Christians believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. 基督教徒相信上帝让耶稣死而复生。 |
12. | ~ sb sth 在(另一玩牌人)基础上加注to make a higher bet than another player in a card game |
I'll raise you another hundred dollars. 我比你再加 100 元。 |
13. | ~ sth to the power of sth 使自乘(若干次)to multiply an amount by itself a particular number of times |
3 raised to the power of 3 is 27 (= 3 × 3 × 3). 3 的三次方等于 27。 |
The factory has raised the bar on productivity, food safety and quality. 工厂提高了在生产力、食品安全和质量方面的标准。 |
The factory has raised the bar on productivity, food safety and quality. 工厂提高了在生产力、食品安全和质量方面的标准。 |
Eyebrows were raised when he arrived without his wife. 他没有和妻子一起来,大家都很惊讶。 |
Eyebrows were raised when he arrived without his wife. 他没有和妻子一起来,大家都很惊讶。 |