work up

She works herself up about the most trivial things.

她为了最琐碎的事也会使自己来。

He worked himself up into a frenzy before his graduation exams.

毕业考试前夕他紧张得几乎疯了。

She worked up her typing speed to seventy words a minute.

她把打字速度提高到每分钟70个字。

The craftsman is working up the mass of clay into a toy figure.

艺人把一团泥捏成玩具形状。

Jim goes for a long walk to work up a hearty appetite for dinner.

吉姆出走了好长一段路，以便吃饭时能胃口大开。

He has a tendency to run around in circles getting more and more worked up.

他总是来回地瞎忙活，把自己弄得越来越紧张。

Yuki is working up an in-home phonics program slated for Thursdays, and I’m drilling her on English conversation at dinnertime.

Yuki每周四还有一次家语课。我在晚餐时训练她的英语口语。

The practice is not a very lucrative one at the moment, but if it is worked up it should prove quite profitable.

这种业务眼下还不大能赚钱, 但如果努力经营, 会证明是大可获利的。