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

• I'd love to invite that party animal to the party. he'd liven up the mood!
  我很喜欢邀请那个“派对动物”来参加我们的派对。他能使整个气氛热烈起来。
• You may not find any of these specific examples applicable, but I am confident you will find ways to use this simple technique to liven up your build process.
  您也许会觉得每个特定的例子对您都没有什么用处，但是我相信您可以找到自己的办法，用这样一种简单的技术使您的构建过程充满活力。
• Variety of methods helps to liven up teaching.
  教学方法多样化能使教学更加生动。
• 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。
• We need some new ideas to liven up this sterile campaign.
  我们需要些新观念来使乏味的活动活跃起来。
• 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。
• The party is beginning to liven up.
  聚会正开始活跃起来。
• 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。
• But in an attempt to liven up the Baja, it ladled on plastic body cladding and painted early models a garish silver and yellow.
  不过它车身的塑料镀层太多，而且早期车型喷涂的银色加黄色的车漆搭配也太乍眼了。
• Every spring festival, I buy several strings of small firecrackers to liven things up.
  每年过年的时候我都要买上几串挂鞭热闹热闹。