boost /bu:st/ I. vt. 1.(口语)提高,使增加;boost prices 提价 2.(口语)推动,激励:actively boost spring cultivation 积极支援春耕生产;boost the economic development 推动经济发展 3. 替…作广告,宣扬:He is always boosting his home town. 他总是在吹嘘他的家乡。‖II. n. c 1.提高,增加: the boost of production 产量的增加 2.推动,促进: the boost of economy 对经济的推动