Bone up on Meaning in English

expression

US

ˈboʊn/ /ˈəp/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn

BOHN-up-awn

UK

bˈəʊn/ /ˈʌp/ /ˈɒn

BOHN-up-on

التعريف

To study or review something quickly and intensely, especially to prepare for a test or important event.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Informal and somewhat idiomatic. Often used about last-minute studying. Common with 'I need to bone up on...', 'She boned up on...'. Not typically used in very formal writing.

• Spanish: empollar (estudiar intensamente) - prepararse rápidamente
• Portuguese (BR): dar uma revisada (em algo) - estudar rápido
• Portuguese (PT): dar uma revisão (a algo) - estudar rapidamente
• Chinese (Simplified): 临时抱佛脚 - 突击学习
• Chinese (Traditional): 臨時抱佛腳 - 突擊學習
• Hindi: जल्दी से पढ़ लेना - तैयारी करना
• Arabic: مراجعة بسرعة - تكثيف الدراسة
• Bengali: ঝটিতি পড়া - দ্রুত পড়া
• Russian: зубрить (что-либо) - быстро учить
• Japanese: 猛勉強する - 必死で覚える
• Vietnamese: ôn gấp - học cấp tốc
• Korean: 벼락치기하다 - 집중적으로 공부하다
• Turkish: hızlıca gözden geçirmek - yoğun şekilde çalışmak
• Urdu: جلدی تیاری کرنا - رٹ لگانا
• Indonesian: belajar kilat - belajar secara mendadak

جمل نموذجية

I need to bone up on my English before the test.

basic

She had to bone up on history before her interview.

basic

We're going to bone up on the rules before the game.

basic

I always bone up on the basics just before an important meeting.

natural

They forgot the details, so they had to bone up on them overnight.

natural

He managed to bone up on French just enough to get by on his trip.

natural