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

• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Colony capital, which saved Neverland from a foreclosure sale last year by forming a joint venture with Jackson to spruce up the dilapidated property, has not commented on its plans.
  colonycapital去年与杰克逊成立了一家合资公司，以整修荒废的梦幻庄园，使之免于被没收拍卖，该公司没有就其计划发表评论。
• 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？
• 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。
• He went to spruce himself up before dinner.
  用餐前他去打扮了一下。
• Spruce up your house for spring.
  为了春天把你房子化妆一下。
• 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。