beef up
beef up 英 [bi:f ʌp] 美 [bif ʌp]
vt. 加强（增援，充实）；补充（人数， 兵力）等
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- vt. 加强（增援，充实）；补充（人数， 兵力）等
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1. Wang and his cohorts say China needs to beef up its Navy if it continues buying up natural resources everywhere from Australia to Africa.
王小东和他的同伴们认为，如果中国继续购买从澳大利亚到非洲各处的自然资源，中国需要加强海军。
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2. Following those grisly attacks, Premier Wen Jiabao pledged that government authorities will beef up security in schools and will address the social issues related to the attacks.
在这些恐怖袭击发生之后，国务院总理温家宝保证政府当局将加强学校的安全和解决与攻击有关的社会问题。
- beef up (v.) "add strength," 1941, from college slang, from beef (n.) in slang sense of "muscle-power" (1851).
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