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

• One of the most blessed side-effects of recession is that we all smarten up. A sober suit is not only the right thing to wear the day you get axed but also the right thing to wear every other working day, too.
  经济衰退最可喜的副作用之一，就是我们都打扮得更精神了。不光被解雇的那天要穿得体的西服，平时上班也应如此。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• She had wisely smartened herself up.
  她很聪明地把自己修饰打扮了一番。