"turn up the heat" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 加大火力
• 施加压力（比喻）

Definition

字面意思是提高加热或温度（比如炉子上）。引申意思是增加压力或让情况更紧张。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

既可以用字面意思（烹饪时加热），也可以用作比喻（施加压力、增加强度）。在体育、工作和谈判中常见。'Turn up the heat on someone' 意为对某人施加压力。正式写作中不常用。

Examples

Can you turn up the heat on the stove?

你能把炉子的**火力调大**吗？

The coach told the team to turn up the heat in the second half.

教练让球队在下半场**加大攻势**。

It's getting cold. Let's turn up the heat.

天冷了，我们把**暖气调高**吧。

If we want them to finish faster, we need to turn up the heat on them.

如果我们想让他们快点完成，就得对他们**加大压力**。

Halfway through the debate, she really turned up the heat on her opponent.

辩论到一半时，她真的对对手**加大了压力**。

When sales started to drop, management turned up the heat on the employees to work harder.

销售下滑时，管理层对员工**施加了更大压力**让他们更努力。