bring * on +
引起，導致 (尤指疾病)
Getting wet in the rain yesterday brought on my cold.
bring * on +
使出現；使登台；使上場
Bring on the dancers!
bring * out +
推出 (新產品)；出版
The band are bringing out a new CD in the autumn.
bring * out +
使顯現出，使暴露出 (特性、特質等)
Your new shirt brings out the color of your eyes.
Susan brings out the best in him.
Plenty of money often brings out the worst in someone.
bring * out in
使 (某人) 發生健康問題或產生負面情緒反應
It was the lobster that brought me out in this rash all over my body.
Don’t mention what happened last week, it could bring him out in a temper.
bring * round
使 (某人) 恢復知覺
The doctors brought him round a few hours after the operation.
We threw water in his face to try and bring him round.
bring * to
使甦醒
We used smelling salts to bring her to after she fainted.
bring * up +
提及，提到；提出
I didn’t want to bring up the fact that she was unemployed.
bring * up +
養育 (小孩)
Sam was brought up in South Carolina.
She brought up three sons on her own.
bring * up +
使出庭受審；(因某罪名而) 傳訊 (某人) 出庭
He was brought up on charges of public intoxication.
brush * off +
不理會 (某人或某事)；不聽；不接受；不承認
Mary brushed her ex-boyfriend off at the party.
I tried to tell him, but he just brushed me off.
brush * up +
複習；溫習；透過練習來改善、增強或提高
She took a two-week course to brush up her Spanish before she travelling around South and Central America.
bubble over
充滿：洋溢 (到了極點的某情緒)
She bubbled over with joy when she heard her exam results.
buck up
快點，趕快
‘Buck up – the taxi’s waiting.’
buck * up +
注意改善；加把勁
You’d better buck your ideas up, or you’ll fail the course.
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