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（意指倘若無法應對壓力和困難就應讓別人去處理，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