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

• 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。
• Talking about her daughters livens her up
  谈到她的女儿时，她的心情愉快起来。
• 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。
• During my summer vacation, I would like to liven up my garden with lavender.
  我想在暑假时用熏衣草来装饰我的花园，使它变得有生气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sell-side advisers in the US and Europe point to interest from well-funded Chinese bidders when trying to liven up an auction. Competitors disparage Chinese companies 'sophistication and their ability to execute a deal while secretly fretting about what valuation they might put on the table.
  在试图给拍卖会注入生气时，美欧卖方顾问会提到资金充沛的中国买家的兴趣。竞争对手一边大肆贬低中国企业的老练程度和交易执行能力，一边对中国企业可能提出的报价暗自焦虑。
• 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。