喜樂美語

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You can picture a hand taking something and lifting it upward — a flag going up a pole, an arm rising into the air, a load being hoisted from the ground. The whole word turns on one motion: bringing something from lower to higher. Sometimes the 'higher' is physical (lift a glass, lift your eyes, build a tall monument), and very often it is borrowed for things that have no real height — a price, a level, a standard, a child's age, a worry, a question — all of them are 'moved up' from where they were, made bigger, stronger, or brought into being.

可以想成一隻手抓著東西往上抬——旗子升上旗桿、手臂舉向空中、貨物從地面被吊起。整個字都繞著同一個動作:把東西從低處帶…更多收起可以想成一隻手抓著東西往上抬——旗子升上旗桿、手臂舉向空中、貨物從地面被吊起。整個字都繞著同一個動作:把東西從低處帶到高處。有時這個「往高處」是實際的(舉杯、抬眼、蓋起一座高高的紀念碑),更多時候則被借去形容沒有實際高度的東西——價格、水平、標準、孩子的年紀、一份擔憂、一個問題——它們都從原本的位置被「抬高」了,變得更大、更強,或者被催生出來。

原始詞典資料32 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

raiseverb詞源 1/ɹeɪz/

  • 1

    To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

    • to raise your hand if you want to say something; to raise your walking stick to defend yourself
    • the flag was raised
  • 2

    To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

    • to raise a wall, or a heap of stones
    • I will raise forts against thee.
  • 3

    To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

    • The ship was raised ten years after it had sunk.
  • 4

    nauticaltransportTo cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

    • to raise Sandy Hook light
  • 5

    To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

  • 6

    To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

    • The magic spell raised the dead from their graves!
  • 7

    governmentmilitarypoliticsTo cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

  • 8

    governmentmilitarypoliticsTo cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

另外 17 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    artscraftsengineeringTo cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

  • 10

    To create, increase or develop.

    • We need to raise the motivation level in the company.
    • to raise the quality of the products; to raise the price of goods; to raise (increase) taxes
  • 11

    To create, increase or develop.

    • to raise a lot of money for charity; to raise troops
    • But capital was proving difficult to raise; rumours were in the air that the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R. were about to patch up their quarrel, and the people of Southampton, who twelve months earlier had staged a torch-light procession to celebrate the passing of the D.N.S.R. Act, were increasingly loath to part with their cash.
  • 12

    obsoleteTo create, increase or develop.

    • May it pleaſe your Grace that I ſhall raiſe the ſtreets, To Gard your Maieſtie through Smithfield as you walke.
  • 13

    To create, increase or develop.

    • We visited a farm where they raise chickens.
    • Chew with your mouth shut — were you raised in a barn?
  • 14

    To create, increase or develop.

    • to raise somebody to office
  • 15

    To create, increase or develop.

    • A few important questions were raised after the attack.
    • President Donald Trump’s offer to most federal employees to resign now and be paid through September stunned the workers who received it – angering some, confusing many and raising questions about whether the offer is even legal.
  • 16

    lawTo create, increase or develop.

    • There should be some consideration (i.e., payment or exchange) to raise a use.
  • 17

    To create, increase or develop.

    • Starting in January we will raise (introduce) taxes on all tobacco substitutes and vaping accessories.
    • I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee.
  • 18

    To establish contact with (e.g., by telephone or radio).

    • Despite all the call congestion, she was eventually able to raise the police.
  • 19

    card-gamespokerTo respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.

    • John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.
  • 20

    arithmeticTo exponentiate, to involute.

    • Two raised to the fifth power equals 32.
  • 21

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesTo extract (a subject or other verb argument) out of an inner clause.

  • 22

    human-scienceslinguisticssciencesTo produce a vowel with the tongue positioned closer to the roof of the mouth.

  • 23

    To increase the nominal value of (a cheque, money order, etc.) by fraudulently changing the writing or printing in which the sum payable is specified.

  • 24

    computingengineeringmathematicsTo instantiate and transmit (an exception, by throwing it, or an event).

    • A division by zero will raise an exception.
    • Provide some mechanism in the local service class to raise the event. This might take the form of a public method that the host application can invoke to raise the event.
  • 25

    To open, initiate.

    • I will raise a trouble-ticket in order to correct this reporting issue.

raisenoun詞源 1/ɹeɪz/

  • 1

    ball-gamescurlinggamesA shot in which the delivered stone bumps another stone forward.

  • 2

    card-gamespokerA bet that increases the previous bet.

  • 3

    businessminingA shaft or a winze that is dug from below, for purposes such as ventilation, local extraction of ore, or exploration.

    • 1944 United States. Bureau of Mines • War Minerals Report 386. Google books It was necessary to spile through the vug, as it was filled with mud. A raise was driven 55 feet to the surface in this vug for ventilation, and it was completed just as the demand for optical calcite ceased. The underground drifts were left well timbered, and mining of this deposit could be started with very little preliminary work.
  • 4

    hobbieslifestylesportsA shoulder exercise in which the arms are elevated against resistance.

raisenoun詞源 2/ɹeɪz/

  • 1

    A cairn or pile of stones.

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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。