smarten

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S0492200 (smär′tn)v. smart·ened, smart·en·ing, smart·ens v.tr.1. To improve in appearance or stylishness; spruce up.2. To make quicker: smarten the pace.v.intr. To make oneself smart or smarter.

smarten

(ˈsmɑːtən) vb (usually foll by up) 1. (intr) to make oneself neater2. (tr) to make quicker or livelier

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(ˈsmɑr tn)

v.t. 1. to make more trim or spruce; improve in appearance (usu. fol. by up). 2. to make brisker, as a pace. 3. to sharpen the judgment or broaden the experience of (usu. fol. by up). 4. smarten up, a. to groom oneself. b. to become more aware, shrewd, or clever. [1805–15]

smarten

Past participle: smartened
Gerund: smartening

Imperative
smarten
smarten

Present
I smarten
you smarten
he/she/it smartens
we smarten
you smarten
they smarten

Preterite
I smartened
you smartened
he/she/it smartened
we smartened
you smartened
they smartened

Present Continuous
I am smartening
you are smartening
he/she/it is smartening
we are smartening
you are smartening
they are smartening

Present Perfect
I have smartened
you have smartened
he/she/it has smartened
we have smartened
you have smartened
they have smartened

Past Continuous
I was smartening
you were smartening
he/she/it was smartening
we were smartening
you were smartening
they were smartening

Past Perfect
I had smartened
you had smartened
he/she/it had smartened
we had smartened
you had smartened
they had smartened

Future
I will smarten
you will smarten
he/she/it will smarten
we will smarten
you will smarten
they will smarten

Future Perfect
I will have smartened
you will have smartened
he/she/it will have smartened
we will have smartened
you will have smartened
they will have smartened

Future Continuous
I will be smartening
you will be smartening
he/she/it will be smartening
we will be smartening
you will be smartening
they will be smartening

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been smartening
you have been smartening
he/she/it has been smartening
we have been smartening
you have been smartening
they have been smartening

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been smartening
you will have been smartening
he/she/it will have been smartening
we will have been smartening
you will have been smartening
they will have been smartening

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been smartening
you had been smartening
he/she/it had been smartening
we had been smartening
you had been smartening
they had been smartening

Conditional
I would smarten
you would smarten
he/she/it would smarten
we would smarten
you would smarten
they would smarten

Past Conditional
I would have smartened
you would have smartened
he/she/it would have smartened
we would have smartened
you would have smartened
they would have smartened

Thesaurus

smarten

verb (often with up) tidy, spruce up, groom, beautify, put in order, put to rights, gussy up (slang, chiefly U.S.) The reason for the uniform was to smarten up their image.smarten yourself up spruce yourself up, freshen yourself up, titivate yourself (informal), tart yourself up (Brit. informal), beautify yourself The rest of us must smarten ourselves up immediately.

smarten

verbTo improve in appearance, especially by refurbishing.Also used with up:fix up, spruce (up).

Translations

使变得光鲜亮丽使漂亮使潇洒使聪明

smart

(smaːt) adjective1. neat and well-dressed; fashionable. You're looking very smart today; a smart suit. 潇洒的，衣冠楚楚的，时髦的 2. clever and quick in thought and action. We need a smart boy to help in the shop; I don't trust some of those smart salesmen.机灵的3. brisk; sharp. She gave him a smart slap on the cheek.厉害的 verb1. (of part of the body) to be affected by a sharp stinging feeling. The thick smoke made his eyes smart.感到刺痛2. to feel annoyed, resentful etc after being insulted etc. He is still smarting from your remarks.伤心 noun the stinging feeling left by a blow or the resentful feeling left by an insult. He could still feel the smart of her slap/insult. 刺痛，懊恼 ˈsmarten (often with up) verb to make or become smarter. He has smartened up a lot in appearance lately. 使漂亮，使潇洒，使聪明，使变得光鲜亮丽 ˈsmartly adverbThe soldiers stood smartly to attention; She is always smartly dressed.整齐地ˈsmartness noun 漂亮，潇洒 ˈsmart bomb noun a bomb that is designed to locate the target and hit it accurately. 机灵炸弹（指装有激光制导器的炸弹） ˈsmart card noun an advanced version of a credit card, with a computer memory, which can be used for such purposes as paying money and identification. 智能卡

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verb tidy

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phrase smarten yourself up

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verb to improve in appearance, especially by refurbishing

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