2019-05-13 beef up

词：beef up

英英释义：to make something stronger or more effective, esp. by adding more support

例句：To boost sales and brand image, companies are beefing up their social media presence.

 beef up 表示“加强、改善“。可替换 improve/increase/strengthen 等词。

The tragic incident, where a 10-year-old boy was stabbed to death on campus, will prompt schools to beef up their security measures.

《经济学人》中也经常使用 beef up，比如：

to beef up one’s oversight

 beef up enforcement

3. 从认识到会用（作业） 

1）翻译下面的句子：    

中国需要对家庭暴力加强立法。

China should beef up its legislation against domestic violence.

（参考翻译： China needs to beef up legislation to curb domestic violence/abuse.）

造句：

相关部门应当加强对中成药的监督以此防止其滥用，已造成每年全国有很多死亡案例

The relative authority should beef up oversight of Chinese patent medicines to curb its abuse, linked to many deaths nationwide each year .