look up
Phrasal Verb
BritishAmericanAustralian
★★★★☆ Common
Neutral
意味: To improve or become better
好转，改善
Mejorar, ir mejor
好転する、上向きになる
호전되다, 나아지다
Used when a situation that was bad starts to get better.
用于描述原本不好的情况开始变好。
Se usa cuando una situación que era mala empieza a mejorar.
悪かった状況が良くなり始める時に使われます。
나빴던 상황이 좋아지기 시작할 때 사용된다.
Base verb: look
Particle: up
Separable: No — the verb and particle stay together
例文
- Things are finally looking up. 情况终于开始好转了Las cosas finalmente están mejorandoようやく状況が好転してきた드디어 상황이 나아지고 있다.
- Business is looking up this quarter. 这个季度生意有起色El negocio va mejor este trimestre今四半期はビジネスが上向いている이번 분기에 사업이 호전되고 있다.
- My luck is looking up. 我的运气开始好转了Mi suerte está mejorando運が向いてきた운이 트이기 시작했다.
発音
使い方ガイド
場面: improvement, optimism, recovery
トーン: hopeful
✓ 正しい言い方
- Things are looking up情况正在好转Las cosas están mejorando状況が好転している상황이 나아지고 있다
起源と歴史
From the positive connotation of looking upward.
文化的背景
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
このトピックの他の表現
turn into
★★★★★
To become something different
move on
★★★★★
To progress to the next thing; to stop dwelling on the past
wear out
★★★★★
To become unusable through use; to exhaust
pick up
★★★★★
To improve or increase
take up
★★★★★
To start a new activity or hobby
cut down
★★★★★
To reduce the amount of something
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