boost
英英釋義：to increase or improve something and make it more successful
例句：That Jeju Island waived the visa for Chinese citizens in 2008 considerably boosted its tourism.
2. 為什么選這個詞短荐？
“boost”可以作名詞也可以作動詞，意思是“增強叹哭、促進忍宋、刺激”，我們今天學(xué)習(xí)它作動詞的用法风罩。boost 在外媒中出現(xiàn)頻率極高糠排，尤其是經(jīng)濟和商業(yè)相關(guān)的文章中很難不碰到它。根據(jù)不同的語境超升，它可以替換 increase, improve, strengthen 等詞入宦，后面接的常見名詞有 economy, sales, confidence, morale, productivity 等。我們來看幾個例句室琢。
新的港口建成后無疑可以促進當(dāng)?shù)亟?jīng)濟的發(fā)展乾闰，我們就可以說：
The new port will undoubtedly boost local economy.
2008 年濟州島開始對中國公民面簽后極大地刺激了當(dāng)?shù)氐穆糜螛I(yè)，就可以說：
That Jeju Island waived the visa for Chinese citizens in 2008 considerably boosted its tourism.
利物浦在連續(xù)輸?shù)?3 場比賽后終于在主場贏得了比賽盈滴，極大地鼓舞了球隊的士氣涯肩，就可以說：
After losing three matches in a row, Liverpool finally won a game at home, greatly boosting the team's morale/confidence.
最近《經(jīng)濟學(xué)人》在一則商業(yè)新聞中就用到了 boost, 后面接的是 sales：
Derided by some the company said the publicity had boosted sales of its other “iconic sausage rolls” and food.
《經(jīng)濟學(xué)人》在另一篇關(guān)于中國出國游的文章中再一次用到了 boost：
Take Egypt, which China sees as a regional hub of its Belt and Road Initiative—an effort to boost its influence through massive spending on infrastructure.
這一次，boost 后面接的是 influence, 而《牛津英語搭配詞典》中并沒有列出 boost influence 這組搭配巢钓〔∶纾可見很多地道、靈活的搭配我們必須通過大量閱讀和刻意積累來獲得症汹。
3. 練習(xí)
1）翻譯
對很難專注的用戶來說硫朦，這款強大的應(yīng)用可以極大地提高工作效率。
This powerful app will greatly boost productivity of those who find themselves hard to concentrate.
Those who find themselves hard to focus will find their productivity greatly boosted by this powerful app.
2）造句練習(xí)
場景：房地產(chǎn)市場
造句：
When analysts were asked what was most likely to reverse this trend and boost demand for housing, a majority, 15 of 25, chose no further Fed rate hikes from a list of options.
We will get a near-term boost in sales because of the recent decline in mortage rates, but I think the longer-term trend is towards stability in the U.S. housing market given the slowing economy.
