enliven

英 [ɪnˈlaɪvn]

美 [ɪnˈlaɪvn]

v.  使更有生气(或活力)

过去分词：enlivened　过去式：enlivened　第三人称单数：enlivens　现在分词：enlivening　

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牛津词典

verb

• 使更有生气（或活力）
  to make sth more interesting or more fun

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使有趣;使生动；使更有活力
  Toenlivenevents, situations, or people means to make them more lively or cheerful.
  1. I love the way a good flirtation can enliven the most mundane situation...
     恰到好处的打情骂俏能够使最平淡无奇的时刻变得生动有趣起来，我很喜欢这种感觉。
  2. Even the most boring meeting was enlivened by Dan's presence.
     即使是最无聊的会议，只要丹一出现，也会变得有趣起来。

英英释义

verb

• make lively
  1. let's liven up this room a bit
  Synonym:livenliven upinvigorateanimate
• heighten or intensify
  1. These paintings exalt the imagination
  Synonym:inspireanimateinvigorateexalt

双语例句

• Life would be dull without stories to enliven our imaginations and fire up our dreams.
  如果没有故事，生活将变得呆板而无味，我们的想像力无法获得激发，梦想也无法点燃。
• You'll start seeing connections between the images and ideas that will enliven and expand your work.
  你将发现在图像和想法之间的某种联系，而这个联系将激活和拓展你的工作。
• Folk dances enliven the life course and escorts every member of the society from birth to life's end.
  民俗舞蹈有声有色地装点着生活道路，厮伴着每一个社会成员从出生一直走到人生的尽头。
• Young people perfORm the "goat dance" OR the "goose dance" to enliven the atmosphere.
  好热闹的年轻人常出些洋相逗乐，或表演些“山羊舞”、“鹅舞”之类的小节目活跃气氛。
• Not just to enliven these abstract and distant books but to make clear, to bring out what's at stake in our everyday lives, including our political lives, for philosophy.
  不仅是为了将这些深奥抽象的著作形象化还为了让我们通过哲学辨明，日常生活包括政治生活中什么才是最关键的。
• To enliven our economy, we should support the legal individual trade.
  要搞活经济就要扶持正当的个体贸易。
• There are several measures to enliven the market in the plan of commercial development this year.
  在今年的发展商业工作计划中，有搞活市场的若干措施。
• The museum naturally is not a commercial institution, but it certainly needs to enliven its role.
  博物馆当然不是商业机构，但是的确需要活化它的角色。
• In order to enliven economy, we must prosper the market.
  若要搞活经济，定要繁荣市场。
• We must open up more rural markets and enliven the distribution of farm produce by improving its market system.
  开拓农村市场，搞活农产品流通，健全农产品市场体系。