smarten up
英 [ˈsmɑːtn ʌp]
美 [ˈsmɑːrtn ʌp]
修饰; 打扮; 装修
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 修饰;打扮;装修
If yousmarten yourselfor a placeup, you make yourself or the place look neater and tidier.- ...a 10-year programme to smarten up the London Underground...
旨在让伦敦地铁旧貌换新颜的 10 年规划 - She had wisely smartened herself up.
她很聪明地把自己修饰打扮了一番。 - ...a medical student who refused to smarten up.
拒绝打扮的医科学生
- ...a 10-year programme to smarten up the London Underground...
英英释义
verb
- dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
- He spruced up for the party
- make neat, smart, or trim
- Spruce up your house for Spring
- titivate the child
双语例句
- Don't you want to smarten yourself up a bit before you meet your girlfriend?
见女朋友之前你难道不想把自己打扮打扮? - People who tell you to "smarten up or you'll never get a job" drive me round the bend.
我最讨厌那些对你说“打扮整洁点,否则你永远找不到工作”的人。 - Some new paint will smarten up the house. In front of the stove stood an oil lamp, it slight flickering like that of a fire-fly.
刷点新油漆,房子就会漂亮起来。一盏油灯点在灶前,萤火那么的光亮。 - Smarten oneself up a bit
把自己打扮得漂亮点儿 - The hat and sunglasses give off that'A-list'whiff, while her Alexander McQueen scarf, zingy Chanel bag and boots smarten up her black jeans.
帽子和太阳镜散发出一流名品的气息,亚历山大-麦昆头巾、极漂亮的香奈尔手袋、靴子为她的黑色牛仔裤增色不少。 - How to smarten up: Pay attention to everything healthy you have accomplished rather than what you haven't, or any shortcomings you think you have.
如何改进:将注意力放在你已经做到的健康的地方,而不是你还没有做到的地方,或者你认为你有的任何缺点上。 - Look, amigo, if you're gonna make it in here, you better smarten up.
听着,朋友,如果你想活下去,就要振作起来。 - Dressing up does not fill an empty noddle He needed a wife to smarten him up and give him ambition.
他需要有个妻子把他整整齐齐地打扮起来,并使他充满理想和抱负。 - You'll have to smarten yourself up a bit before going out.
你得打扮一下再出门。 - She had wisely smartened herself up.
她很聪明地把自己修饰打扮了一番。