10 BUILD: 建造；制作；使生成，形成；使發(fā)展

10 BUILD: 建造；制作；使生成，形成；使發(fā)展

詞組講解

1. build a fire under sb. ** 促使某人開始做某事

解 〈口〉習語；詞義溯源：在某人身［下（under）］生［火（fire）］

例 The President, tired of waiting for the military to arrest the rebel leader, built a fire under them by threatening to cut military spending.

2. build castles in the air / build castles in Spain ** 建造空中樓閣；做白日夢

解 習語；詞義溯源：［在空中（in the air）］或［在西班牙（in Spain）］建造城堡

例 Everyone thinks Mark is just building castles in the air when he talks about his plans.

3. build sb. or sth. up *** 吹捧；逐步獲得；發(fā)展；增加，增強

解 短語動詞；詞義溯源：使某人或某物［向上（up）］發(fā)展

例 If you want to build yourself up, you have to do more exercise.

The film was built up to be a masterpiece, but I found it very disappointing.

4. build sth. to order ** 定做；特別制作

解 習語；詞義溯源：根據(jù)［吩咐（order）］制作；參照make sth. to order

例 Each machine is built to order to fit your company's particular needs.

5. build up to sth. ** 逐步形成；促使，引導(dǎo)

解 習語；詞義溯源：形成某事

例 It was obvious Tom was building up to asking for pay raise.

The speaker took too long to build up to his main point.

參考譯文

1. 總統(tǒng)不想再等待軍隊逮捕叛軍領(lǐng)袖，于是以切斷軍費開支為威脅督促他們開始行動。

2. 馬克在說他的計劃時，大家都覺得他簡直是在做白日夢。

3. 如果你想增強體質(zhì)，就應(yīng)該多鍛煉。

這部電影被吹捧為杰作，可是我覺得真令人失望。

4. 每臺機器都是為了滿足貴公司的特殊要求而特別定做的。

5. 很明顯湯姆在鼓動大家要求漲工資。

演講人花了太長時間來引出自己的主要觀點。