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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• George livens up after midnight, relaxing a little.
  午夜过后，乔治来了劲，人也活跃起来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• Let's put on some music to liven things up.
  我们放些音乐，让气氛活跃起来。
• Variety of methods helps to liven up teaching.
  教学方法多样化能使教学更加生动。