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| Processed by: | richwarm (2011-11-10 03:15:25 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 36997 - submitted by 'feilipu' >> 从10月下旬至年底，海口将举办9项重大文体、旅游节庆活动力促海口旅游升温 Editor: Nice one. Similar metaphor in English, of course. In the example sentence, 升温 is used as a noun -- something like "boom" or "growth". 海口旅游升温 can be considered the object of the verb 力促 (which is something like "to stimulate") As a verb, 升温 is intransitive -- to "get hot" -- rather than transitive ("to heat sth up" or "to stimulate sth") e.g. N ~ 总统竞选陡然升温。 The presidential election is suddenly hotting up. Example with both literal and figurative usage: J ~ As summer fun heats up, so does the sun. 当夏日乐趣”升温”，太阳也在升温。 As a noun (in the literal sense) ~ 全球升温 -- "warming" |
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# 升溫 升温 [sheng1 wen1] /to stimulate/to boost/ + 升溫 升温 [sheng1 wen1] /to become hot/temperature rise/(fig.) to intensify/to hot up/to escalate/to get a boost/ |