spruce up

1. PHRASAL VERB 装扮;打扮
   If something is spruced up, its appearance is improved. If someone is 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。

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。
3. 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。
4. 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？
5. 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。
6. 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
7. Alpine women take pride in their embroidery. You really must spruce up a bit, Albert.
   阿尔卑斯山的妇女以其刺绣为傲。阿尔培，你可是得把自己搞得整洁一点了。
8. 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。
9. 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。
10. 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；
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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？
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. 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。
17. 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。
18. 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。
19. Spruce up your house for spring.
    为了春天把你房子化妆一下。
20. 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。
21. Or what about the last string of holiday lights or inflatable Santas to spruce up the lawn?
    不然，要不要最后那一串节日灯束或充气的圣诞老人，把草坪打扮得漂漂亮亮？
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. 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。
25. 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；
26. In response, hotel owners have been keen to open more units and spruce up their image.
    作为回应，酒店所有者正在积极寻求开张一些新的店面以促进他们的企业形象。
27. He went to spruce himself up before dinner.
    用餐前他去打扮了一下。
28. 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。
29. You can paint your rooms or do maintenance now, however, for Mercury, when retrograde, likes you to go back and spruce things up that are already in place.
    你可以画你的房间或做保养，但现在对于水星，逆行的时候，喜欢你回去云杉东西是已经到位。
30. 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。

verb

1. dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
   1. He spruced up for the party

   Synonym:    spruceslick upsmarten up

2. make neat, smart, or trim
   1. Spruce up your house for Spring
   2. titivate the child

   Synonym:    sprucetitivatetittivatesmarten upslick upspiff up