lift用作动词的基本意思是“举起、抬起”,指克服重力“提升”某物,尤指借助体力把重物从平面或较低处向上举起。用作及物动词时,其宾语可以是具体事物,也可以是抽象事物。可用于被动结构,用作不及物动词时,主动形式有时可以表示被动意义。
1.(被)提起,举起,抬高,吊起
如:I lifted the lid of the box and peered in.
我掀起箱盖往里看。
2.移开;移动
如:I lifted the baby out of the chair.
我把婴儿从椅子上抱起来。
3.提高;增加;(使)增长
如:Interest rates were lifted yesterday.
昨天利率提高了。
4.解除,撤销,停止(限制)
如:Martial law has now been lifted.
戒严令现已解除。
5.高兴起来;使更愉快
如:The news lifted our spirits.
这消息使我们群情振奋。
6.消散;消失
如:The fog began to lift.
雾开始散了。
7. 剽窃;盗用;抄袭
如: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。
8.搭便车;搭顺风车
如:He had a car and often gave me a lift home.
他有车,经常让我搭他的车回家。