work up

Học thuật
Thân thiện
Definition

Verb (transitive and intransitive): 1. To develop, produce, or create something gradually through effort. 2. To stimulate or arouse a particular feeling, state, or condition in oneself or someone else. 3. To increase in intensity, amount, or degree.

Usage and Examples
  • To develop or create something:
    • The team worked up a detailed proposal for the new project.
    • She worked up a sketch of the design before starting the final painting.
  • To stimulate a feeling or state:
    • I need to work up the energy to go for a run.
    • The speaker worked up the crowd's enthusiasm.
    • He couldn't work up any interest in the topic.
  • To increase gradually (often used with "to"):
    • Start slowly and work up to more difficult exercises.
    • The music worked up to a dramatic climax.
Advanced Usage
  • "Work up an appetite": To do something that makes you feel hungry.
    • A long walk will work up an appetite for dinner.
  • "Work up a sweat": To exercise or exert oneself enough to start sweating.
    • He worked up a sweat during his morning workout.
  • "Work up the courage/nerve": To gradually make yourself brave enough to do something difficult.
    • It took her weeks to work up the courage to ask for a promotion.
Variants and Related Words
  • Workup (noun): A thorough medical or diagnostic examination.
    • The doctor ordered a full workup to determine the cause of the symptoms.
Synonyms
  • Develop
  • Generate
  • Formulate
  • Arouse
  • Stimulate
  • Build up
  • Ramp up
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Work out: To solve, plan, or exercise.
    • We need to work out the details. (Compare to "work up a plan," which focuses on the initial creation.)
  • Work on: To spend time trying to improve or repair something.
    • He is working on his public speaking skills.
Idioms
  • "Work oneself up (into a state)": To make oneself become very anxious, angry, or excited.
    • Don't work yourself up about the interview; just do your best.
Verb
  1. come up with
    • His colleagues worked out his interesting idea
    • We worked up an ad for our client
  2. bolster or strengthen
    • We worked up courage
    • build up confidence
    • ramp up security in the airports
  3. develop
    • we worked up an as of an appetite
  4. form or accumulate steadily
    • Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
    • Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

Từ đồng nghĩa

Từ gần giống