单词	smarten
释义	smartensmart‧en /ˈsmɑːtn $ ˈsmɑːr-/ verb Verb Table VERB TABLE smarten Simple Form Present I, you, we, they smarten he, she, it smartens Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they smartened Present perfect I, you, we, they have smartened he, she, it has smartened Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had smartened Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will smarten Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have smartened Continuous Form Present I am smartening he, she, it is smartening you, we, they are smartening Past I, he, she, it was smartening you, we, they were smartening Present perfect I, you, we, they have been smartening he, she, it has been smartening Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been smartening Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be smartening Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been smartening Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Despite the encouraging figures, the Chunnel has prompted ferry companies to smarten up their act, and offer better deals. In the 1970s money just was not available to smarten up more than a handful of Provincial stations. It's been compared with New York's notorious Bronx, but now the council plans to smarten it up. No attempts made to knuckle down and smarten up. On the other hand, more than a few civilians were sloppy and needed to smarten up a bit. Rain wished he had some one to make sure he spent part of the proceeds on smartening up his flat. The exterior of the whole building itself is also about to receive new cladding which will smarten up its slightly dilapidated appearance. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto make yourself look well-dressed and tidy► smarten yourself up British if you smarten yourself up , you make yourself look smart by changing your clothes, arranging your hair etc: · She's smartening herself up in the ladies' room.· Jeremy, go smarten yourself up before dinner.smarten up: · Smarten up! It's time for inspection. ► spruce (yourself) up/get spruced up to wash, tidy your hair, put on good clothes etc before doing something or going somewhere: · On Saturdays we got spruced up and headed off into town.· He spent a few minutes sprucing up in front of the mirror and he was ready to go.· I think I'll go and spruce myself up before dinner. ► make yourself presentable to wash, put on nice enough clothes, and tidy your hair so that you can meet people: · Give me a few more minutes to make myself presentable and I'll be with you. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► up · Rain wished he had some one to make sure he spent part of the proceeds on smartening up his flat.· Despite the encouraging figures, the Chunnel has prompted ferry companies to smarten up their act, and offer better deals.· No attempts made to knuckle down and smarten up.· On the other hand, more than a few civilians were sloppy and needed to smarten up a bit.· In the 1970s money just was not available to smarten up more than a handful of Provincial stations.· The exterior of the whole building itself is also about to receive new cladding which will smarten up its slightly dilapidated appearance. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► smarten yourself up Smarten up! It's time for inspection. Jeremy, go smarten yourself up before dinner. She's smartening herself up in the ladies' room. ► smarten up your act/ideas Despite the encouraging figures, the Chunnel has prompted ferry companies to smarten up their act, and offer better deals. smarten something ↔ up phrasal verb especially British English1 smarten yourself up to make yourself look neat and tidy:  You’d better smarten yourself up.2to make something look neater:  We need to smarten the place up a bit.3smarten up your act/ideas to improve the way you behave or do something:  The company needs to smarten up their act if they are to keep customers.
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