- Think of the word boost as meaning "help up." Maybe you need a boost getting over a fence (hmm — are you sneaking in or sneaking out?), or maybe you are feeling low and need to boost your spirits — chocolate, anyone?
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- v. 促进；使兴旺
- n. 推动，增长，激励
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1. to boost exports, to boost profits
增加出口；提高利润
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2. The movie helped boost her screen career.
那部电影有助于她的银幕生涯的发展。
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3. to boost sb's confidence, to boost sb's morale
增强某人的信心╱士气
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4. a great boost
很大的激励
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5. The tax cuts will give a much needed boost to the economy.
减税将给经济带来迫切需要的推动力。
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6. a boost in car sales
汽车销售额的增长
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7. He gave her a boost over the fence.
他推了她一把，帮她翻过围墙。
- boost (v.) "to lift or raise by pushing from behind," 1815, literal and figurative, American English, of unknown origin. Related: Boosted; boosting. As a noun, "a lift, a shove up, an upward push," by 1825.
boost / buːst ; NAmE buːst / verb , noun boost boosts boosted boosting verb 1 booststh to make sth increase, or become better or more successful 使增长；使兴旺 ◆ to boost exports/profits 增加出口；提高利润 ◆ The movie helped boost her screen career. 那部电影有助于她的银幕生涯的发展。 ◆ to boost sb's confidence/morale 增强某人的信心╱士气 ◆ Getting that job did a lot to boost his ego (= make him feel more confident). 得到那份工作使他信心倍增。 2 booststh ( NAmE) ( informal, becoming old-fashioned) to steal sth 偷窃 noun [usually singular ] 1 something that helps or encourages sb/sth 帮助；激励 ◆ a great/tremendous/welcome boost 很大的╱极大的╱令人感激的激励 ◆ The tax cuts will give a much needed boost to the economy. 减税将给经济带来迫切需要的推动力。 ◆ Winning the competition was a wonderful boost for her morale. 赢得了那场比赛使她士气大振。 2 an increase in sth 增长；提高 ◆ a boost in car sales 汽车销售额的增长 3 an increase in power in an engine or a piece of electrical equipment （发动机或电气设备的）功率增大 4 ( especially NAmE) an act of pushing sb up from behind （从后面的）向上一推，一举 ◆ He gave her a boost over the fence. 他推了她一把，帮她翻过围墙。 boost / buːst ; NAmE buːst /
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