1·I can't work up any enthusiasm for his idea.
我对他的想法怎么也热心不起来。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·She went for a long walk to work up an appetite.
她为了增加食欲散了很长时间的步。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·I'd dropped a hint about having an exhibition of his work up here.
我暗示要在这里举办一次他的作品展。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·Your creative talents can also be put to good use, if you can work up the energy.
如果你能激发自己的能量，你的创新才能也能派上好用场。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
5·Even if you are not prepared to work up a sweat three times a week, any activity is better than none.
即使你不准备1周流3次汗，任何活动总比没有要好。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
6·Once there, we are introduced to her fellow campers, Sally stands by them, holding my hand, horror in her eyes, trying to work up the courage to join a game of soccer.
一到那里，我们被介绍给她的同伴们。莎莉站在他们旁边，握着我的手，眼中充满恐惧，试图鼓起勇气参加一场足球比赛。
7·I think you can work up the story well.
我想你能把故事组织得很好。
8·Can you work up anger and regret and dismay over that?
你会因此而变得生气，懊悔和沮丧吗？
9·Are you not doing your work up to the required standards?
工作达不到规定的标准吗？
10·So let's work up to some code that does something with the XML.
我们就来编写一些代码对XML做点什么吧。