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

• But what do you do if you want to spruce up the appearance of the HTML that is output by the transformation?
  但是如果需要整理转换后输出的HTML的外观该怎么办？
• 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。
• Apple hires Burberry CEO to spruce up its retail operation
  苹果雇用巴宝莉首席执行官加强其零售业务
• 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？
• 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。
• Spruce yourself up a fit-you look a mess.
  把你自己打扮得整洁漂亮一点，你的样子很邋遢。
• 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；
• 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。
• Spruce up your house for spring.
  为了春天把你房子化妆一下。
• 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；