| 词汇 | facelift |
| 释义 | facelift noun uk /ˈfeɪs.lɪft/ us /ˈfeɪs.lɪft/ [ C ] a medical operation that tightens loose skin to make the face look younger面部拉皮手术;去皱整容手术 [ S ] treatment to make something look more attractive, for example a building: （建筑物等的）翻新，整修 The bank is planning to give its 1930s building a complete facelift.银行计划把建于上世纪30年代的大楼进行彻底翻新改造。 Medical treatment: surgery ablate adenoidectomy adrenalectomy allograft amputation anaesthesia blood transfusion endarterectomy endonasal enterostomy enucleate enucleated general anaesthetic mastectomy prostatectomy pump something out reduction mammaplasty regraft reimplant suture You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Restoring and reviving facelift | Business Englishfacelift noun[ C,usually singular ] uk /ˈfeɪslɪft/us an improvement or set of improvements made to a building or area to make it look more attractive: After two years of bad sales, our priority is to give all our stores a facelift. an improvement or set of improvements made to a product or service in order to make more people want to buy or use it: Their flagship TV talk show will get a major facelift later in the year. Examples of faceliftfacelift Much of the book has been redesigned, and tables that were once just black and white have been given a facelift with a little colour. We had plans for giving a great facelift to this area, with the rundown of the steel industry in it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For a directive, twenty means it is in need of a facelift. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English A building in the area was to have a facelift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet it has been suggested that it should be given a facelift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would anyone bother to give a facelift to a woman of 25? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of dealing with individual houses and individual streets, we have taken the whole area and intend to give it a complete facelift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The response exceeded all expectations and the £35 million of schemes approved will have given a massive facelift to the assisted areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This, again, is facelifted, to say the least. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The results of this massive facelift are there for all to see. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, when solutions are put forward, there is an underlying assumption that nothing major can happen unless the cities are given a facelift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She had a facelift in 1921 and a further round of plastic surgery in 1964. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are seeking a new framework for industry, and not just a public relations facelift for capitalism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A sum of £193,000 has been earmarked, so that the town is indeed having a facelift. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But before we give you that facelift we are going to cut your throat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of facelift These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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