boost

v.增加，促进,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
boost (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to push or shove up from below
2.
- increase raise plans to boost production an extra holiday to boost morale
3.
to promote the cause or interests of - plug a campaign to boost the new fashions
4.
to raise the voltage of or across (an electric circuit)
5.
intransitive verb
slang - steal shoplift slang - shoplift lift
boost (noun)
1.
a push upward
2.
an act that brings help or encouragement - assist
3.
an increase in amount
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
boost (noun)
1.
an act or instance of helping
SYNONYMS:
abetment, aid, assist, assistance, backing, boost, hand, helping hand, leg up, lift, support
RELATED WORDS:
advancement, encouragement, facilitation, forwarding, furtherance, furthering, nurturance; benefaction, patronage, promotion, sponsorship; advice, care, counsel, guidance, mentoring; attendance, attention, hand-holding, service; beneficence, charity, favor, kindness, philanthropy; assuagement, palliation, relief, succor
NEAR ANTONYMS:
constraint, frustration, inhibition, interference, obstruction, repression, restraint; deterrence, discouragement
hindrance
boost (noun)
2.
something added (as by growth)
SYNONYMS:
accretion, accrual, addendum, addition, augmentation, boost, expansion, gain, increment, more, plus, proliferation, raise, rise, step-up, supplement, uptick
RELATED WORDS:
accumulation, assemblage, collection, gathering; complement; accession, appendix, continuation, extension, uptrend, upturn; jump, run-up, spike
NEAR ANTONYMS:
deduction, subtraction
abatement, decline, decrease, decrement, depletion, diminishment, diminution, drop-off, fall, falloff, lessening, loss, lowering, reduction, shrinkage, step-down
boost (noun)
3.
something that arouses action or activity
SYNONYMS:
boost, encouragement, goad, impetus, incentive, incitation, incitement, instigation, momentum, motivation, provocation, spur, stimulant, stimulus, yeast
RELATED WORDS:
inducement, invitation; antecedent, cause, consideration, grounds, motive, occasion, reason; catalyst, catalyzer, fuel, spark
counterincentive, disincentive
boost (verb)
1.
to lift with effort
SYNONYMS:
boost, heft, hoist, jack (up), upheave
RELATED WORDS:
elevate, hike, pick up, raise, rear, up, uplift, upraise, uprear
NEAR ANTONYMS:
depress, drop, lower; sink, submerge, submerse
boost (verb)
2.
to make greater in size, amount, or number
SYNONYMS:
accelerate, add (to), aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, multiply, pump up, raise, swell, stoke, supersize, up
RELATED WORDS:
boom, jump, skyrocket, spike; bump (up), ratchet (up) rachet (up); blow up, dilate, distend, inflate; draw out, elongate, flesh (out), lengthen, prolong, protract, stretch; develop, enhance, heighten, intensify, magnify; complement, supplement; beef (up), reinforce ( reenforce), strengthen; maximize; accumulate, amass, collect; follow up, parlay
NEAR ANTONYMS:
abbreviate, abridge, curtail, shorten; compress, condense, constrict, contract; cut back, retrench
abate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, minify, reduce, subtract (from)
boost (verb)
3.
to make markedly greater in measure or degree
SYNONYMS:
accentuate, amp (up), amplify, beef (up), boost, consolidate, deepen, enhance, heighten, magnify, redouble, step up, strengthen
RELATED WORDS:
broaden, enlarge, expand, extend, lengthen; accelerate, hasten, quicken; emphasize, point (up), sharpen, stress; augment, enforce, reinforce ( reenforce), restrengthen, supplement; maximize; enliven, jazz (up); aggravate, exacerbate
NEAR ANTONYMS:
decrease, diminish, lessen, let up (on), reduce, subdue, tone (down), weaken; dwindle, recede, subside, taper (off), wane; alleviate, ease, lighten
abate, moderate
boost (verb)
4.
to move from a lower to a higher place or position
SYNONYMS:
boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack (up), lift, perk (up), pick up, take up, up, uphold, uplift, upraise
RELATED WORDS:
ascend, mount, rise; rear, upend
NEAR ANTONYMS:
descend, dip, fall, pitch, plunge, slip; bear, depress, press, push; sink, submerge
drop, lower
boost (verb)
5.
to provide publicity for
SYNONYMS:
ballyhoo, hype, pitch, plug, promote, talk up, tout
RELATED WORDS:
advertise, bark, merchandise ( merchandize), sell; push; acclaim, hail, laud, praise; endorse ( indorse), plump (for), plunk (for) plonk (for); recommend, review; announce, broadcast, publish
boost (verb)
slang
to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep
SYNONYMS:
appropriate, boost, filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick, nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, swipe, thieve
RELATED WORDS:
burglarize, knock over, rob; loot, pillage, plunder, sack; carjack, hijack ( highjack); pick, rifle; poach, rustle, shoplift; collar, grab, grasp, nail, seize, snatch, take; mooch, sponge; abduct, kidnap, shanghai, spirit
NEAR ANTONYMS:
buy, purchase; bestow, contribute, donate, give, hand over, present
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