spice sth with sth
表示给食物加香料调味，常用被动形式 be spiced with。
She spiced the soup with ginger and chili.
她用姜和辣椒给汤调味。
使更有趣；使更刺激；加香料于；调味。；使更有趣；使更刺激。；使添趣味
加香料于；调味。
To add spice or spices to; season.
使更有趣；使更刺激。
To spice up.
一般现在时
I always spice my breakfast with cinnamon.
我总是用肉桂给我的早餐调味。
一般过去时
She spiced the curry with turmeric last night.
她昨晚用姜黄给咖喱调味。
现在完成时
They have spiced up their website with new features.
他们用新功能为网站增添了趣味。
规则动词；spice sth up 意为‘为…增添趣味’。
She likes to spice the chicken with paprika and garlic before baking it.
她喜欢在烤鸡前用红椒粉和大蒜给鸡肉调味。
用法提示：spice 作动词，意为“给……调味”，后接宾语和 with 短语。
Adding some chili peppers will spice up the soup.
加一些辣椒会让汤更有味道。
用法提示：spice up 表示“使更有风味”，此处强调为食物增添滋味。
He spiced his speech with a few jokes to keep the audience awake.
他在演讲中加入几个笑话，让听众保持清醒。
用法提示：spice 与 with 连用，表示“用……增添趣味”。
表示给食物加香料调味，常用被动形式 be spiced with。
She spiced the soup with ginger and chili.
她用姜和辣椒给汤调味。
spice up 意为“使更有趣、更刺激”，多用于口语。
The director spiced up the ending with a surprise twist.
导演用一个意外的转折让结局更有看头。
宾语是代词时必须放在中间，如 spice it up。
The teacher told a joke to spice the lesson up.
老师讲了个笑话，让这节课更有意思。
grammar · medium
易错句子He told a joke to spice the meeting.
正确表达He told a joke to spice up the meeting.
表示“使…更有趣、更刺激”这一引申义时，英语用短语动词 spice up，up 不能省略；单独的及物动词 spice 只表示“给（食物）加香料调味”，直接接 meeting 这类抽象宾语讲不通。
grammar · medium
易错句子She spiced the soup by black pepper.
正确表达She spiced the soup with black pepper.
spice 后引出所用调料时，介词固定用 with（spice sth with sth），不能用 by；by 表示手段或方式，不能引出加入的调味料。汉语“用黑胡椒调味”中的“用”容易被直译成 by，这是典型的介词误用。
grammar · medium
易错句子The chicken is spice with herbs.
正确表达The chicken is spiced with herbs.
此处是被动结构 be + 过去分词，动词 spice 的过去分词是 spiced（与过去式同形）；用原形 spice 既缺少被动意义，也不符合语法。
使更有趣；使更刺激
He told a few jokes to spice up his speech.
他讲了几个笑话，让演讲更有趣。
用……给……调味
She spiced the rice with saffron.
她用藏红花给米饭调味。
香料放得多的；味道浓烈的
The heavily spiced stew was full of flavour.
这道香料味浓的炖菜味道十足。
香料放得少的；味道清淡的
The lightly spiced fish is popular with children.
这道味道清淡的鱼很受孩子们欢迎。
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