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phrasal verbwithlookverbuk/lʊk/us/lʊk/
informalC1
tobecomebetter:
改善,好转Ihopethings willstarttolookup in the newyear.我希望在新的一年里情况会有所好转。
Ourfinancialsituationislookingup at last.我们的资金状况终于开始好转了。
to improve something
- improveHis health has improved dramatically since he started exercising.
- get betterThe first part of the book isn't very good but it gets better.
- rallyThe team played badly in the first half but rallied in the second.
- recoverWe are still waiting for the economy to recover.
- look upOur financial situation is looking up.
- pick upBusiness is really beginning to pick up.
Becoming better
- alive
- bloom
- blossom
- bounce
- by/in leaps and boundsidiom
- come aliveidiom
- come along
- consolidate
- heal
- move on to bigger/better thingsidiom
- on the up (and up)idiom
- perk
- perk(someone)up
- pick
- rally
- sharpen(something)up
- sharpen up your actidiom
- straighten
- straighten up
- turn around