1.to improve the appearance of someone or something
1.Spruce up old dressers and buffets found on Craigslist with a bit of paint, and use them anywhere in the house.
整理一下从Craigslist找到的带点漆面的旧橱柜和餐具架，这些可以在家里的任意地方使用。
2.They wash the body with germicidal soap and dry it. They spruce up the body as well to give the face a lifelike appearance.
他们用杀菌肥皂擦身体然后擦干。他们也给死者化妆打扮，为了能让他们看起来跟生前一样栩栩如生。
3.All along the main road they try to catch his eye and beg him for money to spruce up their shops.
一路上，他们都试着引起他的注意，向他讨钱来装饰他们的店铺。
4.Its newish management is trying to cut costs and spruce up its business at home.
新的管理层正努力削减成本，重振国内事业。
5.Spruce up the landscaping with a few new shrubs, bark mulch and lots of pruning and cleaning.
添加一些新的灌木、用树皮覆盖黑土和许多修剪和清洗来装饰环境。
6.If Santana really wants this holiday program to compete with "The Nutcracker, " she would be wise to spruce up the stage set.
如果Santana女士真的期望这个节日节目能媲美“胡桃夹子”，她应该知道如何舞台布景。
7.Another tack would be to spruce up the disdained safari hotels to attract wealthier Chinese, Indians and Africans.
还有个办法是，把游客不屑一顾的狩猎旅店好好装修一番，来吸引富裕的中国、印度和非洲游客。
8.This change took place in part because doctors wanted to spruce up their dubious reputation.
这种改变部分是因为医生想要竭力净化自己不很好的声誉。
9.Tempting though the offer to spruce up one of France's most important companies must have been, it came at a bad time.
虽然说为法国最重要的公司做一番打点的提议本来颇具吸引力，但是没有选对时候。
10.So too are other citizens who find that even some outdoor food markets have been closed as part of an Olympic spruce-up.
同样郁闷的还有一些市民，他们发现甚至有些露天菜市场也在奥运整容工程中被关闭了。