turn up the heat

• 习语，比喻加大压力、强度或努力，常指为取得结果而使局势更紧张或使任务更困难。

An idiomatic expression meaning to increase pressure, intensity, or effort in a situation, often to force a result or make things more challenging.

1. Increase pressure or intensityB2informal

   To make a situation more intense, urgent, or demanding.

   加大压力

   • The boss turned up the heat on the team to meet the deadline.
   • The competition is turning up the heat with new marketing strategies.
   • When the negotiations stalled, they turned up the heat by threatening legal action.

2. Increase temperatureA2informal

   To raise the temperature of a heating device or environment.

   调高温度

   • It's getting cold in here, can you turn up the heat?
   • She turned up the heat on the stove to boil the water faster.
   • I turned up the heat in the car because I was freezing.