"use up" 是“用完、耗尽”,"one's strength" 是“某人的力气/体力”,因此短语整体表示:耗尽某人的体力;用尽全身力气。
该短语是及物动词短语,主语通常是“人”,强调因某件事(如劳动、运动、紧急情况等)完全消耗了体力。以下是常见用法场景:
定语:可加 "all/every bit of" 等词强化“彻底耗尽”的程度;
目的/伴随成分:常用不定式(to do)表“为了做某事”,或现在分词(doing)表“伴随的动作”。
描述劳动/体力活动:
After carrying the heavy boxes up five floors, I used up all my strength and had to sit down.
(扛着重箱子上了五层楼后,我耗尽了所有力气,不得不坐下。)
描述运动/竞赛:
In the final 100 meters of the marathon, she used up every bit of her strength to catch up with the leader.
(马拉松最后100米,她用尽每一分力气追上领先者。)
描述紧急/救援场景:
The firefighter used up his strength to pull the child out of the burning house.
(消防员用尽力气把孩子从着火的房子里拉出来。)
过去时(常用,描述已发生的“耗尽”):He used up his strength to move the rock.(他用尽力气搬石头。)
现在时(描述习惯/常态):I always use up my strength during morning runs.(我晨跑时总会耗尽体力。)
将来时:She worries she will use up her strength before the race ends.(她担心比赛结束前会耗尽力气。)
His strength was used up by the 12-hour workday.(他的力气被12小时的工作日耗尽了。)
可与 "run out of one's strength" 互换("run out of" 更强调“用完”的结果,"use up" 更强调“主动消耗”的过程):
He ran out of his strength trying to push the car.(他推汽车时耗尽了力气。)
"use up one's strength" 是描述体力耗尽的常用短语,重点在于“主动为某事消耗完所有力气”,适用于劳动、运动、救援等需要大量体力的场景。使用时注意替换 "one's" 为具体的物主代词(my/his/her/their 等),并结合语境补充目的或伴随动作。