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(xí)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(xí)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(qiáng)

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(xí)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(xí)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(fèi)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(qiáng)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(jī)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(diǎn)。