英语释义

1. to make smart or smarter especially spruce —usually used with up

2. to smarten oneself —used with up

片语

smarten up变潇洒；变漂亮

英汉例句

• a monochrome animal print dress with a clean shape and smooth lines looks striking and stylish, while a slinky leopard print top will smarten up a pair of jeans without being overpowering.

  一件具有明朗轮廓以及柔顺线条的单色动物图案连衣裙，可以让你看起来非常时髦并且光彩夺目；而一件线条优美的豹纹上衣会给你的牛仔裤增添一份靓丽，同时也不会显得太过张扬。

• but it appears that miss boyle is keen to smarten up her image before her next television appearance.

  但鲍伊尔小姐似乎十分急于在下次亮相之前改变自己的形象。

• 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。

• she acts aloof from heathcliff who briefly tries to smarten himself up to impress her but fails, throwing apple sauce over edgar.

  西斯克里夫试图装扮得时髦一点来取悦她，但她却表现的很冷漠，于是他朝埃德加丢果酱泄愤。

• geothermal energy, long a poor relation among the more glamorous renewable technologies of wind and solar power, is poised to smarten its dowdy image.

  地热能长久以来跟风能、太阳能这类更加吸引人的可再生技术关系不大，其随时準备着要改变其寒酸的形象。

• how to smarten up: begin retraining yourself to start off with at least 20 percent less than you’re used to eating.

  如何改进：开始重新调整自己的习惯，在第一次取餐时取比你平时少至少20% 的食物。

• 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。

• as part of his campaign to smarten up the market, which is not especially shabby, mr lavoie is happy to oblige.

  美化那并不十分破旧的市场是他工作的一部分，那么，拉沃伊先生很乐意帮忙。

• thirdly, why can「t he make an effort to just smarten up a little.

  第三，为什么他不能尽量看起来体面点。

• even though the u.s. dollar isn」t backed by gold anymore, anyone with dollars could smarten up and start buying gold and silver on their own.

  尽管美元不再有黄金支撑，但是任何美元的持有人能够聪明起来并开始自己购买黄金和白银。

• they are called 「peasant workers」. smarten the pace of modernization, not depends on people accruing but depends on people transferring .

  加快城市化进程，扩大城市和城镇规模，不是靠现有居民人口的自然增加，而是靠现有人口的迁移。

• she did her best to smarten her husband up.

  她尽最大努力把丈夫打扮得更英俊。

• i have to smarten myself up about talking to my superior.

  我得把我对上司的谈话谈得再高明些。

• beaming villagers scramble up ladders to smarten up the fronts of their homes.

  灿烂的村民爬上家门前的梯子。

• he needed a wife to smarten him up and give him ambition.

  他需要有个妻子把他整整齐齐地打扮起来，并使他充满理想和抱负。

• some new paint will smarten up the house.

  他们专为卖房而油漆房子。

• 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，这将以某种摩登方式来实现。

• how to smarten up: even the most intense cardio cannot erase the effects of a weekend chowfest, but it does benefit your health by increasing energy and lowering risk for heart disease.

  如何改进：即使最剧烈的有氧运动也不能消除周末暴饮暴食所造成的后果，但它对健康有益，可以增强体能降低得心脏病的几率。

• in the past two decades about euro 1.6 trillion has flowed from west to east to pay for pensions and public-sector salaries, build roads, smarten up cities and encourage investment.

  在过去的20年里，约有1.6万亿欧元从西德流向东德，用以支付养老金和公共部门的工资、修路、美化城市、促进投资等。

• beaming villagers scramble up ladders to smarten up the fronts of their homes.

  恤跳过高街上挥舞美国国旗。灿烂的村民爬上家门前的梯子。