heat up 【非正式用語】

To become acute or intense

變得劇烈或強烈

“If inflation heats up, interest rates could increase”(&b{Christian Science Monitor})

“如果通貨膨脹加劇則利率可能會提高”(&b{基督教科學(xué)箴言報})

if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitche

(proverb)if you can't deal with the pressures and difficulties of a situation or task, you should leave others to deal with it rather than complaining

(諺)怕熱，就別呆在廚房里（意指倘若無法應(yīng)對壓力和困難就應(yīng)讓別人去處理，而不是抱怨）

in the heat of the moment

while temporarily angry, excited, or engrossed, and without stopping for thought

一時沖動之下；盛怒之下；一時性起

on heat(in heat)[美]

(of a female mammal) in the receptive period of the sexual cycle; in oestrus

（雌性哺乳動物）在發(fā)情期中；發(fā)情