Question of the Day #915

The following are some of the top tools available to help beef up API security with brief descriptions of their strengths and functions.

From the 7th paragraph of this article at CSO Online.

  上記の文で、beef upの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "beef up" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〈話〉〔組織・設備・法律などを〕増強［強化・強力化・補強］する
2. 〈話〉～を増加させる、～を大きくする

Beefを使っている句動詞ですが、上記の意味で下記例文にあるようにかなり多くのものに対して使うことができます。
   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

to add weight, strength, or power to (something)

   

Examples

• Security around the city will be beefed up during the event.
• We need to find some new players to beef up the team.
• The company has plans to beef up its production.
• Your report on the new parking lot is fine, but why don't you beef it up with some figures?
• And he confirms that the vaccination programme is being beefed up. - The Guardian (2021)

   

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