Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense uplifts, present participle uplifting, past tense, past participle uplifted
The verb is pronounced /ʌp'lɪft/. The noun is pronounced 'ʌplɪft/.动词读作/ʌp'lɪft/,名词读作/'ʌplɪft/。
1VERB 使振奋;提升 If something uplifts people, it helps them to have a better life, for example by making them feel happy or by improving their social conditions. 使振奋;提升 [literary]
We need a little something to help sometimes, to uplift us and make us feel better. [VERB noun]
有时候,我们需要一些小东西来激励自己,使自己感觉更好。
Art was created to uplift the mind and the spirit. [VERB noun]
2N-COUNT [usually singular]上扬;上涨;增长 In economics, an uplift in something such as the price of shares is an increase in their value. 上扬;上涨;增长 [business]
...an uplift in the stock market. [+ in]
股市上涨
Its shares were down across the first quarter, but are now showing a 20 per cent uplift.