| 单词 | lift |
| 释义 | lift lift // verb, noun
■ verb
1 [+ obj] to make an amount or level of sth greater: The number of new jobs this year helped lift consumer confidence and incomes. US sales could be lifted to more than 70 000 a year.
2 [+ obj or no obj] to become or to make sth become more valuable or successful: efforts to lift the economy out of recession Some stocks lifted yesterday.
3 [+ obj] to remove or end a restriction, policy or threat: The ban was later lifted. efforts to lift economic sanctions The government agreed to lift restrictions on foreign investors owning more than 49.5 per cent of the shares.
4 [+ obj] to raise sth to a higher position or level: There are special ways of lifting large, heavy objects. The rope can lift a weight of 60 tons.
lifting noun [U]: a partial lifting of the ban Who will do the heavy lifting?
■ noun
1 [C, usually sing.] an increase in sth; an improvement in sth: We recorded a 3% lift in sales in April. Oil stocks got a lift from rising crude prices. The lift to markets came from Germany. We're seeing a lift by the tech sector.
2 (BrE) (AmE elevator) [C] a machine that carries people or goods up and down to different levels in a building or a mine: It's on the sixth floor-let's take the lift. |
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