lift
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they lift | |
he / she / it lifts | |
past simple lifted | |
past participle lifted | |
-ing form lifting |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to raise somebody/something or be raised to a higher position or level (被)提起,举起,抬高,吊起 - lift somebody/something
I lifted the lid of the box and peered in. 我掀起箱盖往里看。 She lifted her head to look at him. 她抬起头看着他。 - lift somebody/something up
He lifted the toddler up and cuddled her. 他把蹒跚学步的孩子抱起来,拥抱她。 - lift somebody/something (up) + adv./prep.
He stood there with his arms lifted above his head. 他站在那里,胳臂举过了头顶。 - (figurative)
John lifted his eyes (= looked up) from his book. 约翰从书本上抬起眼睛。 Her eyebrows lifted. ‘Apologize? Why?’ 她的眉毛竖了起来:“道歉?为什么?”
Extra ExamplesHer head lifted sharply 她突然抬起头。 Juliet nodded, lifting her face to David's. 朱丽叶点点头,抬起头看着戴维的脸。 The box was so heavy I could barely lift it. 箱子太重了,我几乎拎不起来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- half
- fractionally
- …
- can barely
- can hardly
- try to
- …
- above
- down
- from
- …
- lift somebody/something
- [transitive] lift somebody/something + adv./prep.
to take hold of somebody/something and move them/it to a different position 移开;移动 I lifted the baby out of the chair. 我把婴儿从椅子上抱起来。 He lifted the suitcase down from the rack. 他把手提箱从行李架上搬下来。
Extra ExamplesCarefully lift the cake off the tray and cool on a wire rack. 把蛋糕小心地从托盘上拿起,放到金属架上冷却。 He felt as if an enormous weight had been lifted from his shoulders. 他感到如释重负。 He hugged her, almost lifting her off the ground. 他紧紧拥着她,几乎把她抱起来了。 She lifted the book up off the table. 她从桌上拿起书。 She lifted the child over the fence. 她把小孩抱过篱笆。 She was lifted bodily aboard by two sailors. 两名水手将她整个儿抱起抬到了船上。 She leaned on him and he half lifted her down the stairs. 她靠在他身上,他几乎是把她抱下楼的。 She lifted back the sheet. 她把被单往后拽了拽。 The heavy beams were lifted into place. 沉重的横梁已经放到位了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- half
- fractionally
- …
- can barely
- can hardly
- try to
- …
- above
- down
- from
- …
- [transitive] lift somebody/something (+ adv./prep.)
to transport people or things by air see also airlift空运 - [transitive] lift somebody/something (out of something)
to give somebody/something the ability to escape from a difficult situation 给某人/某物摆脱困境的能力 The best way to lift nations out of poverty is through trade. 让国家摆脱贫困的最好方法是通过贸易。
- [transitive] lift something
to remove or end controls or limits 解除,撤销,停止(限制) The government decided to lift the ban on arms exports. 政府决定解除武器出口的禁令。 to lift sanctions/restrictions 解除制裁/限制 The US remained opposed to lifting the embargo. 美国仍然反对解除禁运。 Martial law has now been lifted. 戒严令现已解除。 The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted. 警方设法恢复了平静,宵禁部份解除。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- partially
- agree to
- decide to
- vote to
- …
- [intransitive, transitive]
to become or make somebody more cheerful 高兴起来;使更愉快 - [intransitive]
to rise and disappear synonym disperse消散;消失 The fog began to lift. 雾开始散了。 - (figurative)
Gradually my depression started to lift. 我的沮丧情绪开始逐渐消失。 The fog suddenly lifted. 雾突然消散了。
- [transitive] lift something (from somebody/something) (informal)
to steal something see also shopliftingTopics Crime and punishmentc2偷盗;盗窃 - [transitive] lift something (from something)
to use somebody’s ideas or words without asking permission or without saying where they come from 剽窃;盗用;抄袭 She lifted most of the ideas from a book she had been reading. 大部分观点都是她从一直在看的一本书里抄来的。 lines lifted from a famous poem 从一首著名的诗中摘取的诗句
- [transitive] lift something
to dig up vegetables or plants from the ground 挖出,刨出,拔起(蔬菜或植物) to lift potatoes 刨土豆
- [transitive, intransitive] lift (something)
to make the amount or level of something greater; to become greater in amount or level 提高;增加;(使)增长
raise提升
move somebody/something挪动某人/某物
remove law/rule撤销法律/规则
heart/spirits心情;情绪
of mist/clouds雾;云
steal偷盗
copy ideas/words剽窃观点/言语
vegetables蔬菜
increase增加
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse lypta, of Germanic origin; related to loft.