even up

英 [ˈiːvn ʌp]

美 [ˈiːvn ʌp]

使平衡; 使势均力敌

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使平衡;使势均力敌
  Toeven upa contest or game means to make it more equally balanced than it was.
  1. The nation's electronics industry made important strides this year to even up its balance of trade...
     该国的电子产业今年取得了重大进步，平衡了贸易差额。
  2. I would like to see the championship evened up a little bit more.
     我希望冠军赛更加势均力敌一点。

英英释义

verb

• even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing
  Synonym:square upjog
• adjust for
  1. engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance
  Synonym:compensatecounterbalancecorrectmake upeven outeven off

双语例句

• I was totally frustrated. I could not even get up and go to the living room by myself.
  我甚至不能独自站起来走到起居室。
• We'd never even ended up here.
  我们永远不可能到这里的。
• I feel he has even counted up the hours he has left.
  我想他连还能活几个小时都计算过了。
• I know that you have even put up with having his wife around, which must have been a strain on you.
  我也知道你甚至还容忍他的妻子守他在身边。这对你一定是个严峻的考验吧。
• They even set up their own news agency to peddle anti-isolationist propaganda.
  他们甚至设立了自己的通讯社来宣扬反孤立主义。
• The nation's electronics industry made important strides this year to even up its balance of trade
  该国的电子产业今年取得了重大进步，平衡了贸易差额。
• His grandson seemed to believe that Grandpa could solve any problem; perhaps even climb up and get it.
  他的孙子似乎相信爷爷无所不能，也许他还能爬到树上，把风筝取下来。
• He's useless at DIY. He won't even put up a shelf.
  他自己动手能力太差，甚至连搭个架子都不会。
• Maybe I can even end up looking good by getting a great return on this investment.
  或许我还能从这个业务中获得一点不错的回报。
• The Wild Wooders ran in terror, escaping through the doors and windows, and even up the chimneys& anywhere to get away from those terrible sticks.
  这些野树林动物吓得到处跑，从门那儿，从窗户那儿，有的甚至从烟囱那儿&任何能躲开那些可怕的棍子的地方。