| 词汇 | enliven |
| 释义 | enliven verb[ T ] uk /ɪnˈlaɪ.vən/ us /ɪnˈlaɪ.vən/ to make something more interesting: 使有生气，使活跃；使更有趣 The game was much enlivened when both teams scored within five minutes of each other.两支球队在5分钟之内均攻破对方球门，这使得比赛更加有趣了。 Making things better add salt to somethingidiom allay alleviate alleviation ameliorate cultivate liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom make someone/something over remedial restructure revamp revitalize revivify revolutionize salve sharpen tonic enliven | American Dictionaryenliven verb[ T ] us/ɪnˈlɑɪ·vən/ to make more interesting or active: Entertainment enlivened the meeting. Examples of enlivenenliven Not that the book is merely a dry compilation of statistics : these are set into a narrative of the period, and enlivened with illustrative examples. The many ' songs of freedom ' set down here greatly enliven the text. Often, the melodies themselves recede into the background and become merely a stimulus to enliven the performers' creative imagination. We learn how the language of the fan could enliven a dull sermon. The illustrations she has chosen-more than sixty of them-complement and enliven the chapters. No other subject so brightens and enlivens the routine of school life as sweet pleasant music. His text is enriched and enlivened by a good deal of well-chosen quotation from primary sources. And there are traces of quiet humour to enliven the tale. The librettists make much of such oppositions to enliven their work. It was the very skill which enlivened his ethnographic field notes and the four hundred-odd pages of his doctoral thesis. Its presence in the work serves to enliven, not to conceive. The detailed discussions and descriptions in all the chapters are enlivened with photographs, diagrams, charts and, especially, cartoons. The wealth and variety of the almost unlimited possibilities for investigation and discussion should enliven research workshops for many years to come. Good illustrations and useful maps enliven the text. The thematic analyses of the last third of the volume promise to 'enrich and enliven ' the strictly historical chapters, with varying success. 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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