pep

• n. 活力；銳氣，勁頭
• vt. 激勵；使充滿活力，使精力充沛
• n. (Pep)人名；(英)佩普

縮寫自pepper,辣椒。引申詞義活力，精力，熱情等。

pep (n.)

"vigor, energy," 1912, shortened form of pepper (n.), which was used in the figurative sense of "spirit, energy" from at least 1847. Pep rally is attested from 1945; pep talk from 1926. To pep (something) up is from 1925.

1. Powell spent the day giving pep talks to the troops.

鮑威爾花了1天時間為部隊作動員講話。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday.

民主黨昨天在國會山召開了競選誓師大會。

來自《權威詞典》

3. I gave him an extra dose of glucose to pep him up.

我給他多注射了一劑葡萄糖以增強他的活力.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. At this point nothing can pep him up.

現在什麽也不能使他振奮起來.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He's full of pep in the morning.

他早上精力充沛.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》