turn up的意思为调大,出现。
turn up,调大; 出现; (常指出其不意地或经长久等待后)出现,到来,露面; 找出; 发现; 注意到; 开大,调高(收音机、暖气等)。
例句有:
He was threatened with dismissal if he continued to turn up late for work.
他受到警告,如果继续上班迟到,就被辞退。
He became restless when his wife failed to turn up in the late evening.
当他的妻子深夜还没回来的时候,他开始坐立不安。
As such, his wish for the New Year is for industry to turn up to its first conferencein Los Angeles next June.
因此,他的新年愿望企业能够在明年六月参加于洛杉矶举行的首次会议。
如果把turn和up连在一起,会变成turnup,也是一个英语单词,主要用作名词、形容词,作名词时译为“翻起物,卷起的部分”,作形容词时译为“翘起的;被翻起的,被卷起的”。