英語(yǔ)短語(yǔ)：Build someone or something up 贊揚(yáng)，吹捧

短語(yǔ) “build someone or something up” 的意思是 “對(duì)某人或事進(jìn)行贊揚(yáng)、宣傳或吹捧”，從而積極地影響他人的看法。“Build someone up” 還可以突出表達(dá) “贊揚(yáng)某人，以提高其自信心”。
 
例句
 
Stop building up your colleague. I’ll judge her when I meet her.
別再吹捧你的同事了。等我見(jiàn)到她的時(shí)候，我會(huì)自作評(píng)判。
 
I built up the possibilities of the product in order to impress the investors.
為了給投資者留下深刻的印象，我夸大宣傳了這個(gè)產(chǎn)品的前景。
 
I think we need to build Joe up a bit. His confidence is really low at the moment.
我覺(jué)得我們得給喬打打氣。他現(xiàn)在真的很沒(méi)自信。