单词	sweeten
释义	sweetensweet‧en /ˈswiːtn/ verb Verb Table VERB TABLE sweeten Simple Form Present I, you, we, they sweeten he, she, it sweetens Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they sweetened Present perfect I, you, we, they have sweetened he, she, it has sweetened Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had sweetened Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will sweeten Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have sweetened Continuous Form Present I am sweetening he, she, it is sweetening you, we, they are sweetening Past I, he, she, it was sweetening you, we, they were sweetening Present perfect I, you, we, they have been sweetening he, she, it has been sweetening Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been sweetening Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be sweetening Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been sweetening Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a can of sweetened milk Add just enough sugar to sweeten the fruit slightly. Mattel Inc. is expected to sweeten its offer. Sprinkle sugar onto the cooked fruit to sweeten it. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A delivery of butter pecan or Neapolitan might sweeten the deal. Probably honey was used originally to sweeten the apples instead of sugar. Special offers sweeten the pot for those who wish to depart. Stir a little honey in to sweeten when ready to eat. The good light of it came down through the curve of the windscreen, sweetening my bitterness. They sweeten the spring air of the Great Plains and the Northwest. They are harvested after frost, the cold sweetening their flavor. To sweeten the pill, the government will try to boost the flagging economy in various ways. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwith a sweet taste► sweet food or drink that is sweet has a taste like sugar: · Italian oranges are much sweeter than the ones we buy in Britain.· a cup of hot sweet tea ► sugary very sweet or too sweet because a lot of sugar has been added: · Eat fruit between meals, and try to avoid sugary snacks. ► sickly British tasting unpleasantly sweet: · The melons were overripe and had a sickly taste. ► sweeten to make something taste sweet or sweeter: · Sprinkle sugar onto the cooked fruit to sweeten it.· a can of sweetened milk Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► sugar/sweeten the pill They tried to sweeten the pill. b. They tried to sugar the medicine. 34a. To sweeten the pill, the government will try to boost the flagging economy in various ways. Word family WORD FAMILYnounsweetsweetenersweetnesssweetieadjectivesweetverbsweetenadverbsweetly 1[intransitive, transitive] to make something sweeter, or become sweeter:  Sweeten the mixture with a little honey.2[transitive] (also sweetensomebody ↔ up) informal to try to persuade someone to do what you want, by giving them presents or money or promising them something:  a cash bonus to sweeten the deal → sweetener(2)3[transitive] literary to make someone kinder, gentler etc:  Old age had not sweetened her. → sweeten the pill at pill1(4)
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