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

• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• He went to spruce himself up before dinner.
  用餐前他去打扮了一下。
• 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。
• If you spruce the bodywork up and the interior, you'll have no trouble selling it.
  你如果把车身和车内清扫修饰一番，就不愁卖不出去。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many buildings have been spruced up
  很多大楼都被装扮一新。