| 单词 | sweeten |
| 释义 | sweeten (swiːtən ) Word forms: sweetens , sweetening , sweetened 1. verb If you sweeten food or drink, you add sugar, honey, or another sweet substance to it. He liberally sweetened his coffee. [VERB noun] Many Australians fry their bananas and sweeten them with honey. [VERB noun + with] Synonyms: sugar, honey, sugar-coat 2. verb If you sweeten something such as an offer or a business deal, you try to make someone want it more by improving it or by increasing the amount you are willing to pay. They may have to sweeten the deal to keep investors on board. [VERB noun] She had been careful to sweeten the deal with a rather generous cash payment. [VERB noun with noun] Synonyms: soften, ease, alleviate, relieve Collocations: sweeten tea A coating of sugar from sweets, cakes, biscuits, sweetened teas and coffees, fizzy drinks and squashes provide just that. Times, Sunday Times Processed into granules or liquid, it can be used in desserts, baking or for sweetening tea and coffee. Times, Sunday Times The urban working class came to subsist instead on cheap sweetened tea, watery porridge with treacle, and shop-bought bread, perhaps enlivened by a smear of soi-disant fruit jam. The Times Literary Supplement Translations: Chinese: 使变甜 Japanese: 甘くする |
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