1. 認識這個詞（基礎篇）

詞：beef up

英英釋義：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.

2. 體會這個詞 （進階篇）

我們很熟悉“beef”是牛肉，它其實也和 up 搭配使用構成動詞短語 beef up 表示“加強、改善“。這是口語和外刊中高頻出現(xiàn)的動詞短語，我們可以用它在一些語境下替換 improve/increase/strengthen 等詞。我們通過幾個例子進一步了解它的具體用法。

江西上饒兇案也暴露出了學校安保措施上的不足，相信這一事件會讓許多學校加強安保：? ?

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

為了提升銷售和品牌，許多公司都加強了在社交媒體上的曝光：

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

《經濟學人》中也經常使用 beef up，比如：

Regulators have beefed up their oversight, especially of the largest institutions that are too big to fail. (“加強監(jiān)管”就可以說成“to beef up one’s oversight”）

Mr Moro's move from the courtroom to Mr Bolsonaro's cabinet is a chance to strengthen anti-corruption laws and beef up enforcement. （這里的 strengthen 和 beef up 是同義表達）?

3. 從認識到會用（作業(yè)）

1）翻譯下面的句子：? ?

中國需要對家庭暴力加強立法。

China needs to beef up the legislation on domestic violence.

造句

The masses need to beef up their cognition about the harm of abusing antibiotics.

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