[] (shot, shot/ʃɒt; NAmEʃɑːt/) (used with an adverb or a preposition 与副词或介词连用) to increase very quickly飚升；快速增长◆Profits shot up 40% last year.去年利润飚升了 40%。◆The dollar briefly shot above 120 yen.美元短暂升至 120 日元以上。➡ see note at increase (used with an adverb or a preposition 与副词或介词连用) to become important, powerful, famous, etc. suddenly or quickly迅速变得重要（或强大、出名等）◆They think he will shoot to the top of the company.他们认为他将很快升到公司最高层。◆She shot to fame by building up the company from nothing into a stock market star.她把公司从默默无名做成股票市场上的明星，由此迅速成名。➡overshoot , undershoot ●ˈshoot for sth () to try to achieve or get sth, especially sth difficult努力争取◆We've been shooting for a pay raise for months.几个月来，我们一直在争取加薪。