Up的用法
Up原始词义是在高处或向上，在此基础上延伸出以下词义和用法：
1、增高、增大、增多、增强。
（1）blow up放大
I had the picture blown up to an 8*10. 我把照片的尺寸放大到8乘10
（2）bring up养大
He was born and brought up in New Jery.
（3）build up 增大花好月圆时
Pressure built up as the water continued to flow into the clogged pipe.
（4）hang up 挂起来
Hang up your clothes before you go to bed.
（5）keep up 保持不下降
The shortage of supplies is keeping the price up.
适合家养的宠物（6）let up 缓和
I wish this rain would let up. 希望这场雨能停下来。
（7）move up 升迁
Sectaries often find it difficult to move up within the company.
（8）pick up 提升
The train was gradually picking up speed. 提速芝华士沙发
（9）play up 夸大
The press has been playing up the racial aspects of the ca. 媒体一直在渲染此案的种族色彩
（10）put up 贴起来
Let’s put a few of the posters up in the hallway.
（11）read up 大量阅读
I’ll have to read up on the tax laws before the meeting tomorrow.
（12）roll up 卷起来
Roll your sleeves up.
（13）nd up 抬升
闻名的反义词The shortage is bound to nd prices up.
2、出现。Up与一些动词组成短语时，用来说明被用作的对象从无到有，如：
（1）bring up 提出
Some people laughed at the idea when I first brought it up.
（2）call up 召唤
The woman believes she can call up the spirits of the dead.
（3）come up 出现
A lot of new questions came up at the meeting.
Something’s come up, so I won’t be able to go with you on Thursday.
（4）dig up 发掘出
See what you can dig up on the guy.
（5）draw up 停
A huge black limousine drew up outside the gates.
（6）look up 查阅
If you don’t know the word, look it up in the dictionary.
（7）make up 编造
Oh, she wouldn’t make up a story like that.
（8）open up 使出现
Roger is worried that nothing ems to be opening up for him.
（9）point up 凸显
The crash points up the need for new safety regulations.
（10）t up 设立
They want to t up their own import-export business.
（11）show up 出现
I was almost asleep when Chris finally showed up.
（12）think up 想出
Who thinks up the stories for the stupid TV shows?
（13）throw up 显示
My computer often throws up an error message when I try to print.
（14）turn up 出现
Don’t worry about the necklace. It’ll turn up sooner or later.
（15）write up 写出
He went back to office and immediately wrote up an agreement.
3、强调。在大多数由up构成的短语中，up并没有实际意义，只是对前面的动词起到一个修饰、强化的作用，相当于汉语的“…了”等。这样的短语大多数是一种约定俗成的用法，即便是把up去掉，一样可以表达出类似的意思，如：
（1）call up
He called me up to tell me about it.
（2）clo up
The public swimming pool clos up after August.
（3）end up
You could end up dead if you’re not carefully.
（4）mess up
I don’t want to mess up my kid’s chances at a good education.
（5）open up
幼儿心算It took Martha veral weeks to open up to her therapist. 敞开心扉
There’s a new supermarket opening up in our neighborhood. 开张
（6）sign up
Over 25 people have signed up for the lf-defen class.演员的英语
（7）stop up
A big ball of hair had stopped up the drain.
（8）take up
I don’t go to the gym—it takes up too much time.
（9）check up
Mom’s always checking up on me to e if I’m eating right.
（10）cook up首都旅游
Dad’s cooking up some T-bone steaks in the back yard.
（11）hold up
Sorry I’m late—I was held up at work. 被耽搁
（12）fix up
Dean fixed him up with a girl from his class. 撮合
（13）meet up
Why don’t we meet up for dinner in the city? 碰头
4、彻底。Up在和另一些动词搭配的时候，除了强调动作本身外，还说明动作产生的效果比较彻底。
（1）blow up
Police cleared the waterfront before the ship blew up.
（2）cover up
Criminals can cover up some of their illegal activities by dealing only in cash.
（3）pay up
In most cas, Fadely said, people pay up in respon to the first notice the IRS nds them.
（4）u up
Who us up the salt?
（5）cut up
Just cut up the potatoes and throw them in with the meat.
（6）clean up
Go upstairs, get cleaned up, and then we can go.
5、有秩序。Up可以用来说明动作之后，所作用的对象变得有秩序起来。
（1）do up 系上
安瓿For the birthday party, she did her hair up with a ribbon.
She took forever doing herlf up for her date. 为了约会，她花了很长时间梳妆打扮。
（2）dress up 打扮起来
We dresd the kids up as tigers. Do we have to dress up?
（3）fix up
The landlord refud to fix up the property, even after repeated warning.
（4）clean up
I have to clean up my room first.
（5）make up
They made him up to look like he was old.
