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 holiday snaps, tell a story, even create how-to guides!
  搞活假日卡，讲一个故事，甚至创造如何指南！
• Emoji, which originated in Japan, allow people to liven up their texts with hundreds of colorful images.
  表情符号源于日本，有了这些成百上千的彩色图像，人们可以增加文字信息的生动性。
• Sing us a song to liven things up.
  给大伙儿唱支歌助助兴。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• Liven up your looks by adding some fresh highlights to your hair.
  在头发上添加一些亮色可以突出你得面色。
• The teacher tried to liven up lesson with a joke, but it fell flat.
  老师想用一个笑话活跃课堂气氛，可没起作用。
• Let's put on some music to liven things up.
  我们放些音乐，让气氛活跃起来。
• 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。