perk up

英 [pɜːk ʌp]

美 [pɜːrk ʌp]

（使）振奋; （使）活跃; （使）快活; 使更有趣; （使）增加; （使）上涨; （使）增值

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）振奋；（使）活跃；（使）快活
  If somethingperksyouupor if youperk up, you become cheerful and lively, after feeling tired, bored, or depressed.
  1. He perks up and jokes with them.
     他很活跃，还和他们开玩笑。
  2. ...suggestions to make you smile and perk you up.
     让你发笑、使你开心的建议
• PHRASAL VERB 使更有趣
  If youperksomethingup, you make it more interesting.
  1. To make the bland taste more interesting, the locals began perking it up with local produce...
     为了使这淡而无味的东西更有味道，当地人开始加些土特产调味。
  2. Psychological twists perk up an otherwise predictable story line.
     心理转折使原本老套的故事情节变得生动有趣。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）增加；（使）上涨；（使）增值
  If sales, prices, or economiesperk up, or if somethingperksthemup, they begin to increase or improve.
  1. House prices could perk up during the autumn...
     秋季房价可能上涨。
  2. Anything that could save the company money and perk up its cash flow was examined.
     所有能够为公司节省开支、增加流动资金的办法都研究过了。

英英释义

verb

• cause to be alert and energetic
  1. Coffee and tea stimulate me
  2. This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate
  Synonym:stimulatearousebraceenergizeenergise
• gain or regain energy
  1. I picked up after a nap
  Synonym:perkpercolatepick upgain vigor

双语例句

• Frame a few of your favorite Summer memories to perk up your mood.
  你也可以把你夏日里最美好的回忆带到办公室来，这样你的情绪也会高涨起来。
• You need a bright red scarf to perk up that grey suit.
  她那鲜红的围巾使她在姑娘们中间显得特别突出。
• House prices could perk up during the autumn
  秋季房价可能上涨。
• A nagging oversupply of houses and record-low home-builder confidence suggest new-home sales won't perk up soon, either.
  房屋始终供大于求和房屋建筑商信心处于历史低位，表明新屋销售也不会很快复苏。
• And the Fed can abandon the commitment if growth or inflation perk up.
  而如果经济出现增长，美联储可以放弃这样的计划。
• Money will be a big focus this month, and you will need to do the best you can until your prospects perk up in January.
  这笔钱将一大焦点的这个月，你将需要做，直到你的前景重新振作起来的最好的月份即可。
• To make the bland taste more interesting, the locals began perking it up with local produce
  为了使这淡而无味的东西更有味道，当地人开始加些土特产调味。
• Adjectives and adverbs weaken your writing, especially when you try to use them to perk up a dull sentence.
  形容词和副词会削弱你的文章，尤其是当你想要用它们来让一句枯燥的话变得生动些的时候。
• The list of reforms needed to perk up the economy is not much shorter than it was when Lula took office in 2003, and other issues have grown in urgency.
  振兴经济所需的改革清单并不比卢拉2003年就职时短，其他一些问题也日趋紧迫。
• Other favoured treatments are lasers, which perk up skin-tone, and cosmetic fillers for those deep grooves between the nose and the mouth.
  有些人则青睐激光治疗来改善肤色，以及在鼻与口之间的皱纹里填充整容化学材料。