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

• I'll just smarten up a bit, then we can go.
  我先打扮一下，然后我们就可以走了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• You'll have to smarten yourself up a bit before going out.
  你得打扮一下再出门。
• 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。