smarten

smarten

英 ['smɑːt(ə)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

中文詞源：

smarten 使光鮮亮麗

smart,光鮮的，亮麗的，-en,使。

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.

2. You need to smarten ( yourself ) up before you go out.
你應該打扮一下再出去.

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.

4. He needed a wife to smarten him up and give him ambition.
他需要有個妻子把他整整齊齊地打扮起來,並使他充滿理想和抱負.

5. Try to smarten the house up before the visitors arrive.
在客人來到之前要把房子整理一下.