单词	liven
释义	livenliv‧en /ˈlaɪvən/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINliven Origin: 1700-1800 life Verb Table VERB TABLE liven Simple Form Present I, you, we, they liven he, she, it livens Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they livened Present perfect I, you, we, they have livened he, she, it has livened Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had livened Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will liven Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have livened Continuous Form Present I am livening he, she, it is livening you, we, they are livening Past I, he, she, it was livening you, we, they were livening Present perfect I, you, we, they have been livening he, she, it has been livening Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been livening Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be livening Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been livening Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A couple of locals, Benjamin Stewart and Maedell Dixon, liven up the minor parts of the doctor and his wife. A good sound board, for example, will really liven up your games and multimedia applications. And when I try to liven it up for you, you go back on me. So what can you do to liven the place up in, like, an hour? So why not liven up your current office or even trade off work spaces with colleagues from time to time? With its decorative evergreen leaves, this plant will liven up shaded areas. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto make something more interesting► make something more interesting · Teachers are always trying to find new ways of making their lessons more interesting.· Sharing a house makes life much more interesting. ► make something come to life also make something come alive to make something much more interesting, especially by making it seem more lively or real: · Campbell made the match come to life when he scored with a header in the 67th minute.· Cagney makes the character come alive through a combination of his looks and his skills as an actor. ► liven up also enliven formal to make something that is a little boring or ordinary become more interesting or exciting: liven something up: · I wish Leo would come - he would liven the party up.· Bob tried to liven things up by telling some of his jokes.liven up something: · Tropical fruit such as mangoes and kiwis can help to liven up salad. ► jazz up to make something seem more interesting and exciting by adding things to it that are colourful, modern etc: jazz up something: · You can easily jazz up a plain outfit with some bright, colourful accessories.· The company's first product, WebSuite, allowed anyone with basic computer skills to jazz up a Web site.jazz something up: · They've really jazzed it up in here but I bet the food's still the same. ► add variety to make something more interesting by adding something different or unusual: · Evergreen plants with interesting leaves, berries or flowers add variety to a window box throughout the year.add variety to: · Make sure you add variety to your child's diet with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► up · With its decorative evergreen leaves, this plant will liven up shaded areas.· So why not liven up your current office or even trade off work spaces with colleagues from time to time?· A good sound board, for example, will really liven up your games and multimedia applications.· A couple of locals, Benjamin Stewart and Maedell Dixon, liven up the minor parts of the doctor and his wife.· Great for livening up otherwise boring presentations.· But nowadays there are many opportunities for livening up your presentation with audio visual aids.· Occasional regattas liven up the local sailing.· A life-story can often liven up what has become a very dry and even boring area of social research. Word family WORD FAMILYverbliveoutliverelivelivenupadjectivelivelivelylivingliveablenounlivelinesslivinglivelihoodadverblive liven up phrasal verb1to become more exciting, or to make an event become more exciting:  The party really livened up when Mattie arrived.liven something ↔ up Why don’t we invite Jane? That’ll liven things up!2 liven something ↔ up to make something look, taste etc more interesting SYN  brighten up:  Why not liven up the room with some flowers?3to become more interested or excited, or to make someone feel like this:  After a few drinks she livened up a little.
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