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.
  1. Many buildings have been spruced up...
     很多大楼都被装扮一新。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

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

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• What you've seen so far is a good start, but you have plenty of ways to spruce it up.
  迄今为止，您已经有了一个很好的起点，但是要做得完美，还有很长的一段路要走。
• The year after its eruption in 1980, spruce seedlings were coming up in the volcanic ash on Mt. St. Helens.
  1980年圣海伦火山爆发之后，仅过一年，云杉幼苗就在火山灰上生长起来了。
• 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。
• This change took place in part because doctors wanted to spruce up their dubious reputation.
  这种改变部分是因为医生想要竭力净化自己不很好的声誉。
• 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；
• He went to spruce himself up before dinner.
  用餐前他去打扮了一下。
• If dealing with a private real estate investment, should we raise or lower rents, reposition or spruce up the asset, refinance, or offer the property for sale?
  如果是私有地产投资，我们是提高还是降低租金？再重新配置使资产更漂亮？再融资？或者售出资产？