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

• 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。
• Besides the holly and ivy, pine or spruce trees are set up in people's houses and decorated with tinsel, electric lights, and baubles;
  除了冬青树和常青藤外，松树和云杉也会被人们放置在房子里，在上面装饰上金属条、电灯泡、小玩意等；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You can paint your rooms or do maintenance now, however, for Mercury, when retrograde, likes you to go back and spruce things up that are already in place.
  你可以画你的房间或做保养，但现在对于水星，逆行的时候，喜欢你回去云杉东西是已经到位。
• 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。
• Many buildings have been spruced up
  很多大楼都被装扮一新。