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open up

phrasal verb
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open up
  1. to begin shooting开火
    • Anti-aircraft guns opened up.高射炮开始射击。🔊🔊
  2. (often used in orders常用于命令) to open a door, container, etc.打开（门、容器等）
    • Open up or we'll break the door down!开门！不然就砸门了！🔊🔊
    • ‘Open up!’ He hammered on the door.“开门！”他用力敲着门喊道。
open up (to somebody)
(British English also open out (to somebody))
  1. to talk about what you feel and think; to become less shy and more willing to communicate直抒胸臆；畅所欲言
    • It helps to discuss your problems but I find it hard to open up.与人谈谈自己面对的问题固然有益，但我觉得很难说得出口。🔊🔊
    • He only opened up to her very slowly.他只是非常缓慢地向她开放。
open something up | open up
  1. to become or make something possible, available or able to be reached（使某事物）成为可能，可得到，可达到
    • The new catalogue will open up the market for our products.这本新的商品目录将会为我们的产品打开市场。
    • The railway opened up the east of the country.铁路使这个国家的东部不再闭塞。🔊🔊
    • Exciting possibilities were opening up for her in the new job.新工作为她带来了令人兴奋的发展前途。🔊🔊
  2. to begin business for the day开门；营业；开业
    • I open up the store for the day at around 8.30.我的店每天早上大约 8:30 开门。🔊🔊
    • I'd just opened up when this guy came in.这个家伙进来的时候我刚开口。
    opposite close up
  3. to start a new business开张；开业
    • There's a new Thai restaurant opening up in town.城里有一家新的泰国餐馆开张了。🔊🔊
    • We've just opened up a branch in Madrid.我们刚刚在马德里开设了一个分支机构。
    opposite close down
  4. to develop or start to happen or exist; to develop or start something发展；开始发生；出现
    • A division has opened up between the two ministers over the issue.两位部长在这个问题上出现了分歧。🔊🔊
    • Scott opened up a 3-point lead in the first game.斯科特在第一局就以 3 分领先。🔊🔊
  5. to appear and become wider; to make something wider when it is narrow or closed张开；裂开；拓展；打开
    • The wound opened up and started bleeding.伤口裂开，开始流血。🔊🔊
    • The operation will open up the blocked passages around his heart.手术将把他心脏周围被堵塞的通道打开。🔊🔊
    opposite close up
open something up
  1. to make something open that is shut, locked, etc.打开（门、容器等）
    • She laid the book flat and opened it up.她把书平摊开。