smarten up

1. PHRASAL VERB 修饰;打扮;装修
   If you smarten yourself or a place up, you make yourself or the place look neater and tidier.
   1. ...a 10-year programme to smarten up the London Underground...
      旨在让伦敦地铁旧貌换新颜的 10 年规划
   2. She had wisely smartened herself up.
      她很聪明地把自己修饰打扮了一番。
   3. ...a medical student who refused to smarten up.
      拒绝打扮的医科学生

1. She had wisely smartened herself up.
   她很聪明地把自己修饰打扮了一番。
2. He said that he wore the outfit because he had been instructed to smarten up instead of wearing his usual gym shorts for the school picture.
   他说他之所以穿这套衣服拍照，是因为学校要求他穿漂亮一点的衣服去拍照，而不要穿那些难看的运动短裤。
3. How to smarten up: go for water-rich veggies, such as zucchini and spinach, and highfiber fruit, such as apples and berries.
   如何改进：选择富含水分的蔬菜，比如西葫芦和菠菜，以及高纤维素水果，比如苹果和浆果。
4. Some new paint will smarten up the house. In front of the stove stood an oil lamp, it slight flickering like that of a fire-fly.
   刷点新油漆，房子就会漂亮起来。一盏油灯点在灶前，萤火那么的光亮。
5. Men will smarten up, men will become more stylish but will do it in a modern way.
   男人们会变得漂亮起来，变得更有型――当然，这将以某种摩登的方式来实现。
6. I'll just smarten up a bit, then we can go.
   我先打扮一下，然后我们就可以走了。
7. The hat and sunglasses give off that'A-list'whiff, while her Alexander McQueen scarf, zingy Chanel bag and boots smarten up her black jeans.
   帽子和太阳镜散发出一流名品的气息，亚历山大-麦昆头巾、极漂亮的香奈尔手袋、靴子为她的黑色牛仔裤增色不少。
8. Don't you want to smarten yourself up a bit before you meet your girlfriend?
   见女朋友之前你难道不想把自己打扮打扮？
9. That boy has begun to smarten up recently, ever since we complained about his work.
   自从我们批评了那男孩的工作以来，他干活开始卖力了。
10. How to smarten up: Even the most intense cardio cannot erase the effects of a weekend chowfest, but it does benefit your health by increasing energy and lowering risk for heart disease.
    如何改进：即使最剧烈的有氧运动也不能消除周末暴饮暴食所造成的后果，但它对健康有益，可以增强体能降低得心脏病的几率。
11. From inauguration day, when he wore a black Prada suit, to his preference for Tod's shoes and the best of London's men's wear, he's begun to smarten up France.
    从他穿着普拉达（Prada）黑色西装就职的那天，到他对Tod's鞋和最佳伦敦男装的偏好，他已经开始让法国靓起来了。
12. Dressing up does not fill an empty noddle He needed a wife to smarten him up and give him ambition.
    他需要有个妻子把他整整齐齐地打扮起来，并使他充满理想和抱负。
13. A monochrome animal print dress with a clean shape and smooth lines looks striking and stylish, while a slinky leopard print top will smarten up a pair of jeans without being overpowering.
    一件具有明朗轮廓以及柔顺线条的单色动物图案连衣裙，可以让你看起来非常时髦并且光彩夺目；而一件线条优美的豹纹上衣会给你的牛仔裤增添一份靓丽，同时也不会显得太过张扬。
14. Look, amigo, if you're gonna make it in here, you better smarten up.
    听着，朋友，如果你想活下去，就要振作起来。
15. How to smarten up: Pay attention to everything healthy you have accomplished rather than what you haven't, or any shortcomings you think you have.
    如何改进：将注意力放在你已经做到的健康的地方，而不是你还没有做到的地方，或者你认为你有的任何缺点上。
16. Smarten oneself up a bit
    把自己打扮得漂亮点儿
17. You'll have to smarten yourself up a bit before going out.
    你得打扮一下再出门。
18. People who tell you to "smarten up or you'll never get a job" drive me round the bend.
    我最讨厌那些对你说“打扮整洁点，否则你永远找不到工作”的人。
19. One of the most blessed side-effects of recession is that we all smarten up. A sober suit is not only the right thing to wear the day you get axed but also the right thing to wear every other working day, too.
    经济衰退最可喜的副作用之一，就是我们都打扮得更精神了。不光被解雇的那天要穿得体的西服，平时上班也应如此。

verb

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

   Synonym:    spruce upspruceslick up

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

   Synonym:    spruce upsprucetitivatetittivateslick upspiff up