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

• 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
• You can now spruce up your handset with number of third party applications.
  现在，您可以美化你的第三方应用软件的手机号码。
• 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 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。
• Spruce up your house for spring.
  为了春天把你房子化妆一下。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many buildings have been spruced up
  很多大楼都被装扮一新。
• 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。
• 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。