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.
  1. ...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
  2. She had wisely smartened herself up.
     她很聪明地把自己修饰打扮了一番。
  3. ...a medical student who refused to smarten up.
     拒绝打扮的医科学生

英英释义

verb

• dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
  1. He spruced up for the party
  Synonym:spruce upspruceslick up
• make neat, smart, or trim
  1. Spruce up your house for Spring
  2. titivate the child
  Synonym:spruce upsprucetitivatetittivateslick upspiff up

双语例句

• She had wisely smartened herself up.
  她很聪明地把自己修饰打扮了一番。
• 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。
• How to smarten up: Even the most intense cardio cannot erase the effects of a weekend chowfest, but it does benefit your health by increasing energy and lowering risk for heart disease.
  如何改进：即使最剧烈的有氧运动也不能消除周末暴饮暴食所造成的后果，但它对健康有益，可以增强体能降低得心脏病的几率。
• Smarten oneself up a bit
  把自己打扮得漂亮点儿
• He said that he wore the outfit because he had been instructed to smarten up instead of wearing his usual gym shorts for the school picture.
  他说他之所以穿这套衣服拍照，是因为学校要求他穿漂亮一点的衣服去拍照，而不要穿那些难看的运动短裤。
• That boy has begun to smarten up recently, ever since we complained about his work.
  自从我们批评了那男孩的工作以来，他干活开始卖力了。
• Men will smarten up, men will become more stylish but will do it in a modern way.
  男人们会变得漂亮起来，变得更有型――当然，这将以某种摩登的方式来实现。
• 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。
• 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。