查词典, build 和 build up 都作“建立”“建设”解, 那么 build a library 与 build up a library 意义是否一样呢?
它们的意义并不相同。build 一般是指“建造”建筑物和机械等,如 house(房屋),road(道路),railway(铁路),ship(船舶),aircraft(飞机),car(汽车),generator(发电机)。因此,build a library 是指建造一座图书馆。当然, build 也可用于引申义, 如 build socialism, build China, build business(创业), build relations(建立关系)等等。build up 则有许多含义。其中有一个含义跟 build 很接近: “逐步建立”“逐步建设”“逐步形成”“创办”。但是, build up 的宾语一般不是指建筑物本身:
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A river may be dammed and when that is done a large pressure of water is built up behind the dam. 可以筑坝把河流拦起来,这样做以后河水在大坝后面就会形成一股巨大的压力。
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There with cheap land and cheap labor, they could build up a plantation as a commercial enterprise. 在那里,他们可以用廉价的土地和廉价的劳力建立起一个商业企业式的种植园。
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We're trying to build up a collection of herbs and spices. 我们正试图逐渐收集草药和香料。
build up a library 不是指建造图书馆的建筑物,而是指“扩大图书馆的馆藏量”或“逐渐增加图书馆的存书”或“逐渐收藏图书”。
请做下面的英语试题:
Along the rocky New England coast are small areas of sand and gravel beach, some created from glacial debris, ____ by the action of ocean storms.
A. upbuilding others B. others build up C. others built up D. built up others(TOEFL)