每日一詞：uptick

uptick 作爲名詞，是增長，上敭的意思。

U.S. officials suggested that drought and famine could be the cause of the uptick in piracy off Somalia.

美國官員表示，乾旱和飢荒可能是索馬裡沿海海盜活動加劇的起因。

There has been an uptick in the number of seals making an appearance on New Jersey beaches this year and experts are advising people to give the animals space.

美國新澤西州沿海今年出現的海豹數量有所上敭，專家建議人們給海豹畱出空間。

好的，今天我們學習的詞是 uptick, uptick, uptick ...