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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• It has also acquired a team that can help it spruce up its own photo-sharing offerings.
  它也获得了可以帮助改善它自己的照片分享功能的团队。
• Spruce up your house for spring.
  为了春天把你房子化妆一下。
• 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。
• 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。
• In 2006, the company hired a flashy new chief marketing officer Julie Roehm on staff to spruce up its image.
  2006年，公司聘请了靓丽的朱莉•罗翰出任首席营销官，试图提升自身形象。