liven up

英 [ˈlaɪvn ʌp]

美 [ˈlaɪvn ʌp]

（使）（某地或某事）有生气; （使）变热闹; （使）（某人）愉快起来; （使）活跃起来

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使)(某地或某事）有生气；（使）变热闹
  If a place or eventlivens up, or if somethinglivensitup, it becomes more interesting and exciting.
  1. How could we decorate the room to liven it up?...
     我们怎么才能把这房间装饰得更有生气呢？
  2. The multicoloured rag rug was chosen to liven up the grey carpet...
     选择这块五彩缤纷的碎呢小毯是为了给这灰色的地毯添些生气。
  3. The arena livens up only on Saturdays and Sundays when a flea market is open there.
     只有在周六周日跳蚤市场开市时，这片场地才会热闹起来。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）（某人）愉快起来；（使）活跃起来
  If peopleliven up, or if somethinglivensthemup, they become more cheerful and energetic.
  1. Talking about her daughters livens her up...
     谈到她的女儿时，她的心情愉快起来。
  2. George livens up after midnight, relaxing a little.
     午夜过后，乔治来了劲，人也活跃起来。

英英释义

verb

• make lively
  1. let's liven up this room a bit
  Synonym:enlivenliveninvigorateanimate

双语例句

• Liven up your floor a bit with these great large rugs! Large Tatami Mat costs 4 Credits.
  让这张大地毯令你的地板看起来比较有生气。大型的塌塌米价值4哈币。
• A pair of jewelled earrings will liven up this dress without detracting from its simplicity.
  一对宝石耳环会让这件礼服更出彩而又不失简洁。
• Variety of methods helps to liven up teaching.
  教学方法多样化能使教学更加生动。
• What we needed was some music to liven things up.
  我们需要的是一些活跃气氛的音乐。
• If you want to liven up a group of senior managers, raise the topic of the youngest employees in the workforce.
  如果想让高级经理人活跃起来，就和他们谈谈年轻员工的话题。
• Once the music started to liven up the party went with a bang.
  音乐一奏起便使人愉快起来，聚会就热烈地进行。
• How could we decorate the room to liven it up?
  我们怎么才能把这房间装饰得更有生气呢？
• Next, we define some special shapes to liven up our model a bit.
  接下来定义一些特殊的图形使模型更加生动。
• We should do things to help liven up the community.
  我们应当做些事情，让社区更富有生气。
• OK, it's not a required skill, but knowing how to pop sound effects every so often can help liven up otherwise mundane code.
  这不是一项必需的技能，但知道如何偶尔弹出声音效果可以使原本乏味的代码充满生气。