psych up

英 [saɪk ʌp]

美 [saɪk ʌp]

使（自己）做好心理准备; 为（自己）打气

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 使（自己）做好心理准备；为（自己）打气
  If youpsych yourself upbefore a contest or a difficult task, you prepare yourself for it mentally, especially by telling yourself that you can win or succeed.
  1. After work, it is hard to psych yourself up for an hour at the gym...
     下班后，很难打起精神再去健身房锻炼一个小时。
  2. Before the game everyone gets psyched up and starts shouting.
     比赛前每个人都亢奋起来，开始大声喊叫着为自己打气。

英英释义

verb

• get excited or stimulated
  1. The children were all psyched up after the movie
  Synonym:hype up

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