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“Level up” 的意思是 “將某物提升、改善到與其它同類事物相等的水平”，它既可以用來談論嚴肅的事情，也可以用來談論日常生活中的小事。聽節目，學習這個動詞短語的用法。

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Jiaying
歡迎收聽 BBC英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目，我是佳瑩。

Rob
… and hello, I'm Rob. Now, in English we have a phrasal verb that describes improving something, so it becomes the same level or standard as something else – it’s 'level up'.

Jiaying
Level up. 這里，動詞 “level” 的意思是 “使某物與同類事物處于同等水平”，介詞 “up” 則用來說明 “提升到這一水平”。因此，我們用 “level up” 來表示 “給某物升級，改進或改善某樣東西，從而使這個事物與其它同類事物處于同等水平”。

Rob
When we 'level up', it's often for things that are important and serious. For example, the standard of education at one school may be improved so that students receive the same quality of teaching that they do at another school. They level up. This process is called 'levelling up'.

Jiaying
但我們還可以用 “level up” 來描述 “改善日常生活中的事情”。

Rob
That's true. I want to level up the clothes in my wardrobe, so I look cool and fashionable like everybody else!

Jiaying
Good idea, Rob. You look so last year! Anyway, let's hear some more uses of 'level up'.

Examples
The company has levelled up wages for its staff to match those of a rival business.

Our team needs to level up if we stand any chance of beating our opponents at the weekend.

We're levelling up our training scheme so that everyone gets the chance to use it.

Jiaying
你正在收聽的是 BBC英語教學的 “地道英語” 節目。以上我們介紹了動詞短語 “level up” 的含義和用法。它用來描述 “改善或改進某事，使其與其它的同類事物處于同等水平”。

Rob
And remember, we can talk both about levelling up something important, like the economy, or something more personal such as your foreign language ability. Jiaying, if you level up your Spanish, you could come to the conversation club with me!

Jiaying
Not yet. I've got some levelling up to do! Time to study first. Hola... me… llamo… Jiaying.

Rob
This could take a while. Adios! Bye-bye.

Jiaying
Goodbye.