to increase influence or demand for action
增加影响力或行动的需求 (zengjia yingxiangli huo xingdong de xuqiu)
"Opposition parties built up pressure for early elections."
"反对党加大了压力,要求提前选举。" (Fandui dang jiada le yali, yaoqiu tiqian xuanchi)
to expand the size or capacity of business or production
to sleep in order to recover from something like fatigue or...
to become so involved in something that you cannot make prog...
to resist pressure or negativity with determination
to spend more money than was planned
to be covered completely with snow