2PHRASAL VERB (尤指通过自我心理暗示)给自己打气,自我鼓励 If you pump yourself up for something, you prepare yourself for it mentally, especially by telling yourself that you can succeed. (尤指通过自我心理暗示)给自己打气,自我鼓励 [informal]
They find it difficult to pump themselves up for the games. [VERB pronoun-reflexive PREP.]