每日商务英语 第10期:上一个档次

    to take it to the next level 上一个档次

   英文释义

   Expression meaning to intensify¹, expand, or deepen² an activity (NOTE: usually, the activity itself is not named)例句We started our little part-time business with low expectations, but our rapid success encouraged us to take it to the next level by hiring employees and establishing an office.

　　疑虑重重的董事会与公司总裁辩论了好几个小时，但最终他们接受了他的观点，同意他有关需要重大变革的看法。

1 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

2 deepen   

vt./vi.加深，(使)变深，加重，加浓

参考例句：

• We'll have to deepen the well if we want more water.如果我们想要更多的水，就得把井加深。
• Her wrinkles deepen with age.她的皱纹随年龄增长而变深。