bring up

phrasal verb

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bring somebody up

[often passive] to care for a child, teaching him or her how to behave, etc.抚养；养育；教养 synonym raise
- She brought up five children.她抚育了五个孩子。
- He was brought up by his aunt.他是由姨妈带大的。
- a well/badly brought up child有教养／缺乏教养的孩子
- bring somebody up to do something They were brought up to (= taught as children to) respect authority.他们从小就被教导尊敬权威。
- bring somebody up (as) something I was brought up (as) a Catholic.我从小就受教养成为天主教徒。
related noun upbringingTopics Life stagesb2
(law法律) to make somebody appear for trial使出庭受审；传讯
- He was brought up on a charge of drunken driving.他因酒后开车而受到传讯。

bring something up

to mention a subject or start to talk about it提出（讨论等） synonym raise
- Bring it up at the meeting.请将此事在会议上提出。
to vomit呕吐
- to bring up your lunch把午饭吐出来
to make something appear on a computer screen使显示在计算机屏幕上；调出
- Click with the right mouse button to bring up a new menu.单击鼠标的右键，调出一个新选单。