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

• 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。
• 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。
• Sing us a song to liven things up.
  给大伙儿唱支歌助助兴。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• OK, it's not a required skill, but knowing how to pop sound effects every so often can help liven up otherwise mundane code.
  这不是一项必需的技能，但知道如何偶尔弹出声音效果可以使原本乏味的代码充满生气。