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

• 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。
• How can we enliven this party?
  我们怎样使这聚会更热闹些呢？
• 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。
• 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。
• This is not only can avoid the brutal competition for jobs, and can enliven the employment environment to ease the employment pressure.
  这不仅可以避免就业竞争的残酷，而且，可以搞活整个就业环境，缓解就业压力。
• It will enliven inert objects, much as electricity did more than a century ago.
  正如一个多世纪以前电力所做的那样，它会让无生命的物体活跃起来。
• Such qualities were scarcely of the kind to enliven foreign travel, though they made her so easy and pleasant a companion;
  这些品质，虽然使她成为一个轻松愉快的伴侣，却不能给国外的旅行带来生气；
• The gay scene could not really enliven it, for his heart was not in turn with it.
  这种欢乐的场面并不能真正地使他活跃起来，因为他的心情与这场面不合拍。
• 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。
• Creative teaching is a catalyst to enliven and develop a subject; a compass to guide teaching& learning reformation; also, an important goal in English teaching.
  创新教育是一门学科活跃发展的催化剂，是教学改革的指南针，同时也是英语教学中的一个重要目标。