tart up

英 [tɑːt ʌp]

美 [tɑːrt ʌp]

把（房间或大楼）装饰得俗丽

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 把(房间或大楼)装饰得俗丽
  If someonetarts upa room or building, they try to improve its appearance, often with the result that it looks vulgar.
  1. 'Have you ever wondered why British Rail would rather tart up their stations than improve services?' he asked.
     “你想过没有，为什么英国铁路公司宁肯把车站装饰得俗不堪耐，也不愿改善服务？”他问。
  2. ...tarted-up pubs.
     装饰俗气的酒吧

英英释义

verb

• dress up in a cheap and provocative way
• decorate in a cheap and flashy way
  1. the small-town bar was all tarted up

双语例句

• I thought I'd get a couple of pizzas out of the freezer and tart them up with a few olives and anchovies.
  我想从冰箱里拿些比萨饼出来，用橄榄和海蜒把它们点缀一下。
• I wish she will not tart herself up for the party.
  我希望她别为了宴会打扮得珠光宝气，花枝招展。
• I didn't know whether to tart myself up or just go in my normal clothes.
  我不知是打扮一下呢，还是就穿日常衣服去。
• My car is getting old; I think I'll tart it up with a respray and try to sell it.
  我的汽车越来越旧了，我想把它重新喷涂装饰一下，然后设法把它卖了。
• The first is that however you tart it up, a message of broad continuity makes a nonsense of the Grand Old Party's shrill disparagement of the incumbent president's foreign policy.
  第一点就是，不管你怎么打扮，广泛的连续性使共和党对现任总统外交政策的尖锐的轻视毫无意义。
• Do what you can to tart up the house before the buyers come to look at it; cover up the bad marks on the walls with some paint, and polish the floors.
  在买主来看房子之前，尽量把它装饰得好看些，用涂料把墙上的污迹盖掉，把地板擦得亮亮的。
• 'Have you ever wondered why British Rail would rather tart up their stations than improve services?' he asked.
  “你想过没有，为什么英国铁路公司宁肯把车站装饰得俗不堪耐，也不愿改善服务？”他问。