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；
• 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。
• He went to spruce himself up before dinner.
  用餐前他去打扮了一下。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You really must spruce up a bit, albert.
  阿尔培，你可是得把自己搞得整洁一点了。
• Unlike the oil powers of the Middle East, most African nations can ill afford to spruce up their arsenals.
  大多数非洲国家和中东的石油国不一样，它们实在负担不起更新军备的费用。
• 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。