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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Talking about her daughters livens her up
  谈到她的女儿时，她的心情愉快起来。
• You may not find any of these specific examples applicable, but I am confident you will find ways to use this simple technique to liven up your build process.
  您也许会觉得每个特定的例子对您都没有什么用处，但是我相信您可以找到自己的办法，用这样一种简单的技术使您的构建过程充满活力。
• But even if they don't leave the neighborhood, many are finding exciting ways to liven up the day.
  即使离开附近地区，人都在寻找刺激的来使天活跃起来。
• We need some new ideas to liven up this sterile campaign.
  我们需要些新观念来使乏味的活动活跃起来。
• 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。
• 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！
• The party is beginning to liven up.
  聚会正开始活跃起来。