spruce up
英 [spruːs ʌp]
美 [spruːs ʌp]
装扮; 打扮
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 装扮;打扮
If somethingis spruced up, its appearance is improved. If someoneis spruced up, they have made themselves look very smart.- Many buildings have been spruced up...
很多大楼都被装扮一新。 - In the evening we spruced ourselves up a bit and went out for dinner.
到了晚上,我们稍微收拾打扮了一番,然后出去吃晚餐。
- Many buildings have been spruced up...
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
- And while it may be easy to get carried away with edible gardening, don't forget to plant a few flowers to spruce up the look of your garden and also attract bees to help pollinate your food crops.
而在一段时间里管理一个菜园子可能并不难,但可别忘了种上一些花草打扮打扮你的菜园,这样同时也能引来蜜蜂帮助你的作物传播花粉。 - To spruce up unsightly areas, Columbus has committed to removing graffiti within two days of its appearance.
为了美化难看领域,哥伦布一直致力于消除涂鸦两天内其外观。 - Unlike the oil powers of the Middle East, most African nations can ill afford to spruce up their arsenals.
大多数非洲国家和中东的石油国不一样,它们实在负担不起更新军备的费用。 - Alpine women take pride in their embroidery. You really must spruce up a bit, Albert.
阿尔卑斯山的妇女以其刺绣为傲。阿尔培,你可是得把自己搞得整洁一点了。 - These rules tell me that I don't have time to shop, to clean, to spruce up our apartment, to deal with food and drink;
这些规则告诉我我没有时间停下来去打扫,去美化我们的公寓,去处理食物、饮料; - Competition is driving the major hotel brands to spruce up.
同业的竞争促使主要的品牌旅馆翻新门面。 - Some even scoff at the store ´ s efforts to spruce up its image.
有人甚至把沃尔玛改善公司形象的努力也拿来大加嘲讽。 - They've employed an advertising agency to spruce up the company image.
他们雇用了一家广告代理机构,来改善公司的形象。 - They edit their own profile, post pictures and videos, play music, write blogs, and spruce up their surroundings with things they think are cool.
他们编辑自己的个人传略,贴上照片和视频,播放音乐,写博客,并用自己认为很酷的东西来装饰背景。 - It has also acquired a team that can help it spruce up its own photo-sharing offerings.
它也获得了可以帮助改善它自己的照片分享功能的团队。