| 词汇 | liven |
| 释义 | livenWord family noun liveliness living livelihood livabilityliverlivenerlivebearerlivestocklivewarelive wireadjective live lively living liveable livablelived-inverb live outlive relive liven up adverb live liv·en /ˈlaɪvən/ verb 1 liven up phrasal verbphr v a) EXCITEDto become more exciting, or to make an event become more exciting （使）活跃起来 The party really livened up when Mattie arrived. 马蒂来了之后，聚会的气氛确实活跃起来了。 liven something ↔ up Why don’t we invite Jane? That’ll liven things up! 我们为什么不邀请简呢？那样才热闹呢！ b) INTERESTING liven something ↔ up to make something look, taste etc more interesting 使某物更好看[更有趣味] SYN brighten up Why not liven up the room with some flowers? 为什么不摆些花使房间更有生气呢？ c) INTERESTEDEXCITEDto become more interested or excited, or to make someone feel like this （使）变得活跃[兴奋]起来 After a few drinks she livened up a little. 几杯酒下肚，她活跃了一些。 Examples from the Corpus liven up• I wish Leo would come - he would liven the party up.• Bob tried to liven things up by telling some of his jokes.• Tropical fruit such as mangoes and kiwis can help to liven up salad. Examples from the Corpus liven• And when I try to liven it up for you, you go back on me.• So what can you do to liven the place up in, like, an hour?• With its decorative evergreen leaves, this plant will liven up shaded areas.• A couple of locals, Benjamin Stewart and Maedell Dixon, liven up the minor parts of the doctor and his wife.• So why not liven up your current office or even trade off work spaces with colleagues from time to time?• A good sound board, for example, will really liven up your games and multimedia applications. (1700-1800) life |
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