smarten sth ↔ up especially BrE1. smarten yourself up to make yourself look neat and tidy打扮得干净整齐:•You'd better smarten yourself up.你最好打扮得干净整齐。2. to make something look neater使〔某物〕整洁:•We need to smarten the place up a bit.我们需要把这地方打扫一下。3. smarten up your act / ideas to improve the way you behave or do something改进自己的行为/让自己变得更高明:•The company needs to smarten up their act if they are to keep customers.这家公司若要留住客户，就需要学聪明一些。 |