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smarten (someone/something) up
phrasal verb with smartenverbuk /ˈsmɑː.tən/ us /ˈsmɑːr.tən/
mainly UK
to (cause to) become more clean, tidy, and stylish: （使）变得整洁入时，（使）变得时髦
She's really smartened herself up since she finished college.她大学毕业后确实更会打扮了。
You'll have to smarten up if you want to work in television.如果你想在电视行业工作，就必须将自己打扮得漂漂亮亮的。
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smarten (sb/sth) up | Business English
smarten (sb/sth) up
phrasal verb with smartenverbuk /ˈsmɑːtən/us
UKinformal
to improve your personal appearance or the appearance of something:
You'll need to buy a suit and smarten up a bit for the interview.
Staff were told to smarten themselves up for the inspection visit.
They've smartened up the design of their webpage.
(alsosmarten up your act)
to begin working more effectively:
Poor performers need to smarten up quickly if they want to keep their jobs.
The industry needs to smarten up its act in relation to advertising and promotion.
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