bone up

US /boʊn ʌp/
UK /boʊn ʌp/
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1.

恶补, 努力学习

to study hard, especially in preparation for a test or exam

:
I need to bone up on my history for the exam tomorrow.
我需要为明天的考试恶补历史。
She spent the whole weekend boning up on her French vocabulary.
她整个周末都在恶补法语词汇。