smarten
英 ['smɑ?t(?)n]
美['smɑrtn]
- vt. 使整潔；使漂亮瀟灑；使更敏捷；使更聰明
- vi. 打扮；變得更輕快；變得更聰明；變得更劇烈
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?smartens;過去式:?smartened;過去分詞:?smartened;現(xiàn)在分詞:?smartening;
中文詞源
smarten 使光鮮亮麗smart,光鮮的，亮麗的，-en,使。
英文詞源
- smarten (v.)
- "to make smart, to spruce up, to improve appearance," 1786, from smart (adj.) in its sense of "spruce, trim" + -en (1). Related: Smartened; smartening.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. She did her best to smarten her husband up.
- 她盡最大努力把丈夫打扮得更英俊.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 2. You need to smarten ( yourself ) up before you go out.
- 你應(yīng)該打扮一下再出去.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. You'll have to smarten up if you want to pass those exams.
- 你要是想通過考試,思維就必須更加敏捷.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. He needed a wife to smarten him up and give him ambition.
- 他需要有個(gè)妻子把他整整齊齊地打扮起來(lái),并使他充滿理想和抱負(fù).
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Try to smarten the house up before the visitors arrive.
- 在客人來(lái)到之前要把房子整理一下.
來(lái)自辭典例句