Enliven
[ɪn'laɪv(ə)n;en-] or [ɪn'laɪvən]
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To give life, action, or motion to; to make vigorous or active; to excite; to quicken; as, fresh fuel enlivens a fire.
(v. t.) To give spirit or vivacity to; to make sprightly, gay, or cheerful; to animate; as, mirth and good humor enliven a company; enlivening strains of music.
整理:默尔
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Quicken, animate, wake, rouse, invigorate, give life to.[2]. Inspire, inspirit, exhilarate, cheer, delight, gladden.
杰弗里整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Wake, cheer, vivify, quicken, invigorate, exhilarate, rouse, inspirit,{[amuie]?}, excite, animate
ANT:Oppress, depress, stupefy, weary, tire, paralyze, deaden
克劳迪娅手打
解釋/意思:
v.t. to put life into: to excite or make active: to make sprightly or cheerful: to animate.—ns. Enliv′ener; Enliv′enment.
乔琳整理
例句/造句/用法:
- The same Signor Jupe was to 'enliven the varied performances at frequent intervals with his chaste Shaksperean quips and retorts. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- A present impression and a customary transition are now no longer necessary to enliven our ideas. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- I dare say he is only just come to town, and means to call and see his child, said I, hoping to enliven her. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I begged her to come to me as soon as Parker had left her, and promised to do everything in my power to enliven her. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- It was almost one o'clock in the morning, it poured with rain, and there was not a star to enliven a poor traveller! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Won't anybody enliven us? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Fanny was my constant visitor after Worcester had left England, and did all in her power to amuse and enliven me. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Beth, who was ready first, kept reporting what went on next door, and enlivened her sisters' toilets by frequent telegrams from the window. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She lived on in a state of picturesque feudalism enlivened by blood feuds, in which about five per cent. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It is strange that so trivial an occupation should have consoled, and even enlivened me. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Evelyn was only five years old; his joyous heart was incapable of sorrow, and he enlivened our house with the innocent mirth incident to his years. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- As night came on, her spirits, enlivened by my unexpected concession, regained an almost forgotten vivacity. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Yet in spite of having those weights on his conscience, Eugene was somewhat enlivened by the late slight change in the circumstances of affairs. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- All the surroundings were gay and enlivening. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The transition from a present impression, always enlivens and strengthens any idea. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
手打:蒙塔古