| 词汇 | sweeten |
| 释义 | sweeten verb[ T ] uk /ˈswiː.tən/ us /ˈswiː.tən/ sweetenverb[T] (TASTE)to make something taste sweet: 使变甜 The apple mixture can be sweetened with honey.什锦苹果里可以加点蜂蜜变甜一些。 Compare unsweetened Preparing food batch cooking biga bind breadmaking butter buttered clarify glaze glazed grate ingredient jerk rehydrate restuff rice rustle something up scoby stir toss whip sweetenverb[T] (MORE PLEASANT)to make something more attractive: 使更具有吸引力，使更诱人 The phone company threw in two month's worth of free calls to sweeten the deal.电话公司用两个月免话费的优惠让这个服务方案显得更诱人。 to make a person or a mood happier or friendlier: 使…更高兴，哄…开心，使…更友善 I think you should try to sweeten him up before you ask him for the loan.我觉得你开口向他借钱之前应该先哄他开心。 Making things better add salt to somethingidiom allay alleviate alleviation ameliorate cultivate levelling up liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom remedial repolish restructure revamp revitalize revivify salve sharpen tonic You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing pleasure sweeten | American Dictionarysweeten verb[ T ] us/ˈswi·tən/ to make something taste sweet: Sweeten the nut bread by adding dried fruit. infml If they want to settle the strike, the owners still must sweeten their offer (= make it more valuable and attractive). sweeten | Business Englishsweeten verb[ T ] uk /ˈswiːtən/us to make something more attractive and acceptable: sweeten the deal/bid/offer The city had tried to sweeten the deal with a $140 million package. sweetenedadjective[ before noun ] The board unanimously decided to accept a sweetened offer. Examples of sweetensweeten There is evident extravagance and profligacy about subsidising and sweetening private pension companies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Children and others consume very large quantities of these artificially sweetened drinks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sweetened table waters are consumed very largely, indeed in the main, by children of the poorer classes of the community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought when we made that declaration we were so sweetening the atmosphere that we should have had a settlement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have accordingly endeavoured to find some means by which these disputes may be minimised, and the atmosphere generally sweetened. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Take, for example, the case of dulcin, a sweetening agent used for about 50 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He told us about the people sweetening their lives with 80,000 cwt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I worked in a mine that was always being "sweetened" from opencast mining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was also the rather narrower, less academic concept of sweetening the inevitable increase in war-time taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Specifications are also included for full and half strength sweetening tablets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, it provides for the opportunity for the rise of company unions; and thirdly, instead of sweetening it will sour relationships in the industrial field. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The imports of sweetened milk powder during the same period amounted to 17,888 cwts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He tells us that the duty on sweetened table waters caused a diminution of the sale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The sweetening matter varies according to the sugar extracted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am, and always have been, a believer in the view that it is the hope of reward that sweetens labour. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of sweeten These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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