If you up the ante, it means you increase the level of intensity of something.
如果你up the ante，意思是你增加了某事的强度。
This expression originally came from the game of poker, when the players are making bets -promising to payreceive money depending on who wins or loses. If you up the ante in a poker game, you increase the amount of money you re putting in (and possibly risking losing) -thus making the game more intense.
这个表达最初来自扑克游戏，当玩家下注时，承诺根据谁赢了或输了而付款。如果你在扑克游戏中加大赌注(up the ante)，你就增加了你投入的钱的数量(而且可能会有输钱的风险)，从而使游戏更加激烈。
The phrase is often used to refer to increasing the level of risk or increasing an amount of money; however, it is also used more generally to mean intentionally increasing the activity or intensity of a situation.
这个短语通常用来指增加风险水平或增加钱的数量;然而，它也更广泛地用于指有意地增加某一情况的活度或强度。
Another benefit of setting attainable goals is you can always up the ante.
制定能够企及的目标还有另一个好处：那就是你可以不断设定更高的目标。
