pull

up one’s socks打起精力；赶忙尽力。Pull up your socks！一般是用来提示成人子，特别是小男生，因为他们跑来跑去，袜子很简略滑到脚踝。这句对小

孩子的叮嘱后来就引申为“要对方打起精力，把自个收拾好”或“提示人赶忙尽力，不要落后”。

看看老外谈地利怎么用pull up one’s socks：

Carl: Is everything all right? You looked exhausted.

Lily: I just wrapped up a major project.

Carl: Why don’t you take a day off today?

Lily: Well, I need to pull up my socks for the upcoming event.

Carl: Oh, right. You are in charge of it.

卡尔：没事吧？你看起来累坏了。莉莉：我刚刚结束了一个大案子。

卡尔：你今日何不请一天假？

莉莉：这个嘛，为了接下来的活动，我有必要打起精力。

卡尔：对呀，你是活动的担任人。

pull up one’s socks例句精选：

You’d better pull up your socks next term.

下学期你最佳加把油。

The new approach requires defence firms to pull up their socks.

新的收购方案使得防务公司们有必要打起精力。

If you want to win a sprinting championship, you’ll have to pull up your socks.

若你想赢得短跑冠军就有必要鼓足力气。

There is little the government can do, they should pull up their own socks.

政府帮不了啥忙，他们要自个加把劲。

Danny：Mom，this is my school report card for this semester.

Mother：Well，it looks like you’d better pull your socks up.

丹尼：母亲，这是我这学期的成果单。

母亲：嗯，看来你最佳赶忙尽力了。

拓宽学习：

endeavor 尽力

encourage 鼓舞

slacker 偷闲的人

scrutiny 监督

in full force 尽全力；悉数

loosen up放轻松

trust sb.with sth. 托付或人；重用或人