perk up

英 [pɜːk ʌp]

美 [pɜːrk ʌp]

（使）振奋; （使）活跃; （使）快活; 使更有趣; （使）增加; （使）上涨; （使）增值

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）振奋；（使）活跃；（使）快活
  If somethingperksyouupor if youperk up, you become cheerful and lively, after feeling tired, bored, or depressed.
  1. He perks up and jokes with them.
     他很活跃，还和他们开玩笑。
  2. ...suggestions to make you smile and perk you up.
     让你发笑、使你开心的建议
• PHRASAL VERB 使更有趣
  If youperksomethingup, you make it more interesting.
  1. To make the bland taste more interesting, the locals began perking it up with local produce...
     为了使这淡而无味的东西更有味道，当地人开始加些土特产调味。
  2. Psychological twists perk up an otherwise predictable story line.
     心理转折使原本老套的故事情节变得生动有趣。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）增加；（使）上涨；（使）增值
  If sales, prices, or economiesperk up, or if somethingperksthemup, they begin to increase or improve.
  1. House prices could perk up during the autumn...
     秋季房价可能上涨。
  2. Anything that could save the company money and perk up its cash flow was examined.
     所有能够为公司节省开支、增加流动资金的办法都研究过了。

英英释义

verb

• cause to be alert and energetic
  1. Coffee and tea stimulate me
  2. This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate
  Synonym:stimulatearousebraceenergizeenergise
• gain or regain energy
  1. I picked up after a nap
  Synonym:perkpercolatepick upgain vigor

双语例句

• One of the sheep continued listless and inactive for days, but began to perk up this morning.
  有一只羊几天来老是没精打采的，可是今天早上开始活跃起来了。
• Money will be a big focus this month, and you will need to do the best you can until your prospects perk up in January.
  这笔钱将一大焦点的这个月，你将需要做，直到你的前景重新振作起来的最好的月份即可。
• Visits to parents are an effective means to perk up the relationship and an optional approach to the start of the cooperation between the school and the parents.
  家访是密切学校教育和家庭教育关系的一种有效的教育手段，也是“家校”合作的最佳切入点。
• Psychological twists perk up an otherwise predictable story line.
  心理转折使原本老套的故事情节变得生动有趣。
• To make the bland taste more interesting, the locals began perking it up with local produce
  为了使这淡而无味的东西更有味道，当地人开始加些土特产调味。
• House prices could perk up during the autumn
  秋季房价可能上涨。
• He perks up and jokes with them.
  他很活跃，还和他们开玩笑。
• Other favoured treatments are lasers, which perk up skin-tone, and cosmetic fillers for those deep grooves between the nose and the mouth.
  有些人则青睐激光治疗来改善肤色，以及在鼻与口之间的皱纹里填充整容化学材料。
• A nagging oversupply of houses and record-low home-builder confidence suggest new-home sales won't perk up soon, either.
  房屋始终供大于求和房屋建筑商信心处于历史低位，表明新屋销售也不会很快复苏。
• You need a bright red scarf to perk up that grey suit.
  她那鲜红的围巾使她在姑娘们中间显得特别突出。