uplift

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 ŭp-lĭftʹ

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act or result of uplifting (in various senses). countable,uncountable
    — The EMR Regional timetable improvements also include a significant uplift in Sunday services.
  2. A tectonic upheaval, especially one that takes place in the process of mountain building. countable,uncountable
    — Recent uplift of the Maine and Oregon coasts has not been enough to "undrown" the larger valleys; the shorelines are still submergent.
  3. The picking up and loading of goods to be transported by a mover. countable,uncountable
  4. A brassiere that raises the breasts. colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — Dressed in a light silk brassiere and scanties, which was all she wore under her frock, she was unkind enough to say, "I think those uplift fakes of yours are a mistake, Sadie dear. They raise false expectations in the amorous male." "But my breasts are all right," said Sadie, hurt, and pushing her breasts up from under to prove they were in the right place[.]
  5. An increase in a fine or penalty due to aggravating circumstances. countable,uncountable
    — The CMA fined the companies involved £3.4 million, which included uplifts for director level involvement.
动词 v.
  1. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.
    — Whether you find it by your power as a man, or because, being near the gods, a god has whispered you. Uplift our State; think upon your fame; your coming brought us luck, be lucky to us still, remember that it is better to rule over men than over a waste place, since neither walled town nor ship is anything if it be empty and no man within it.
  2. To raise something or someone to a higher physical, social, moral, intellectual, spiritual or emotional level.; To raise (a nonsentient species) into sentience.
    — —genetically uplifted the ancestors of the saurs, and culturally—at least—uplifted the kraken. We are used to thinking of these species as wise and ancient, which indeed they are, but the octopods are their 'Elder Race.'
  3. To aggravate; to increase.
    — A man who abused a Police Community Support Officer for being transgender has received an uplifted sentence at Mold Magistrates' Court... At Court the prosecutor applied for the sentence for the public order offence to be uplifted to reflect the hate crime aspect. This resulted in the Court imposing a greater penalty.
  4. To be accepted for carriage on a flight.
  5. To remove (a child) from a damaging home environment by a social welfare organization. New-Zealand
    — In an affidavit supporting an application for a court order to uplift the child, a social worker said there were ongoing family violence issues between the baby's mother and father.
  6. To remove (a document) from its current possessor and take it into one's own possession. Australia,transitive
  7. To backport.
  8. To pick up; take possession of. Northern-England
    — In a Post by Northumbria Police:Sharp eyes on patrol! One of our eagle-eyed officers spotted a vehicle driving erratically in Lemington. The driver made off on foot, leaving the car behind - which has now been uplifted for having no insurance.

词形变化

uplifts present,singular,third-person uplifting participle,present uplifted participle,past uplifted past uplifts plural

词汇关系

衍生词
tectonic uplift
相关词
downlift improvement

词源

词源 1
From up- + lift.
词源 2
From up- + lift.
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