spiff up + noun phrase
He spent the morning spiffing up the living room.
他花了一上午把客厅收拾整洁。
打扮;整理;使整洁
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
打扮;整理;使整洁
make neat, smart, or trim
He spent the morning spiffing up the living room.
他花了一上午把客厅收拾整洁。
使整洁、时髦或修整
make neat, smart, or trim
spiff up
Base
原形
spiffs up
3rd person
第三人称单数
spiffing up
-ing
现在分词
spiffed up
Past
过去式
spiffed up
Past participle
过去分词
She always spiffs up her desk before leaving.
她总是在离开前把办公桌收拾整洁。
He spiffed up his outfit for the party.
他为派对整理了衣着。
They have spiffed up the living room for guests.
他们已为客人把客厅收拾漂亮了。
Spiff up 是及物短语动词,意为打扮整洁或收拾漂亮。常用过去分词形式。
I need to spiff up my resume before the interview.
面试前我需要把简历整理得漂亮些。
She spiffed up the living room with fresh flowers.
她用鲜花把客厅收拾一新。
We should spiff up the storefront to attract more customers.
我们应该把店面弄整洁以吸引更多顾客。
He spent the morning spiffing up the living room.
他花了一上午把客厅收拾整洁。
代词宾语放在 spiff 和 up 之间。
She spiffed herself up before the interview.
她在面试前把自己打扮得整整齐齐。
We need to spiff up for the wedding.
我们需要为婚礼打扮整洁。
Not this
He spiffed up himself quickly.
Use this
He spiffed himself up quickly.
代词作宾语时,必须放在动词和副词之间,不能放在副词之后。
Not this
She spiffed up on her appearance.
Use this
She spiffed up her appearance.
spiff up 是及物动词短语,直接接宾语,不需要介词 on。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
把房间收拾整洁
I need to spiff up the room before the guests arrive.
客人到达之前,我需要把房间收拾整洁。
打扮自己
She spent an hour spiffing up herself for the date.
她花了一个小时打扮自己去约会。
为派对打扮整洁
He spiffed up for the party in a new suit.
他穿着一套新西装为派对打扮整洁。
把房子收拾漂亮
They spiffed up the house for the open house event.
他们为开放日活动把房子收拾漂亮。
打扮整洁;收拾漂亮
She spiffed up the living room before the guests arrived.
客人们到来之前,她把客厅收拾得漂漂亮亮。
我们得打扮打扮去参加派对。
Cher tells her friend in the movie 'Clueless'.
电影《独领风骚》中雪儿对朋友说。
在客户到来之前,我们得把这里收拾整洁。
Michael Scott says in the TV show 'The Office'.
电视剧《办公室》中迈克尔·斯科特说。
Use spiff up naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
spiff听起来像‘十分’,spiff up即‘十分漂亮’的打扮。
语域:informal 常见场景:个人打扮、家居整理 这个词组通常用于非正式场合,多指使某人或某物外观更整洁、更漂亮。
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