smarten

[US]/'smɑːt(ə)n/
[UK]/'smɑrtn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 使整洁;使漂亮潇洒;使更聪明
vi. 打扮;变得更轻快;变得更聪明
Word Forms
过去分词smartened
现在分词smartening
过去式smartened
第三人称单数smartens
复数smartens

Phrases & Collocations

smarten up

变得聪明、机敏

smarten your appearance

打扮得时髦整洁

smarten the room

整理房间使之看起来更整洁

Example Sentences

You need to smarten (yourself) up before you go out.

你应该打扮一下再出去。

You’ll have to smarten up if you want to pass those exams.

你要是想通过考试,思维就必须更加敏捷。

The hotel has been smartened up by the new owners.

新业主把旅馆修葺一新。

She did her best to smarten her husband up.

她尽最大努力把丈夫打扮得更英俊。

if there was water to spare I would smarten up and shave.

要是水多的话,我要再打扮一下,刮刮脸。

if you don't smarten up soon, you'll find yourself out on the street.

如果你不马上放聪明点,我们就把你赶到大街上。

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