sweeten

英 [ˈswiːtn]

美 [ˈswiːtn]

v.  使变甜; 加糖于; 讨好; 拉拢; 哄; 收买; 恭维; 使令人愉快; 使更合心意; 改善; 缓和

过去分词：sweetened　现在分词：sweetening　第三人称单数：sweetens　过去式：sweetened　

CET6

Collins.1 / BNC.18975 / COCA.14697

习惯用语

v.

sugar/sweeten the pill
• 药里加糖；缓和情况；缓解苦感
  to do sth that makes an unpleasant situation seem less unpleasant

牛津词典

verb

• 使变甜；加糖于
  to make food or drinks taste sweeter by adding sugar, etc.
• 讨好；拉拢；哄；收买；恭维
  to try to make sb more willing to help you, agree to sth, etc. by giving them money, praising them, etc.
• 使令人愉快；使更合心意；改善；缓和
  to make sth more pleasant or acceptable

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使变甜;加糖于
  If yousweetenfood or drink, you add sugar, honey, or another sweet substance to it.
  1. He liberally sweetened his coffee...
     他往咖啡里加了很多糖。
  2. The Australians fry their bananas and sweeten them with honey.
     澳大利亚人把香蕉炸了，然后再淋上蜂蜜吃。
• VERB 改善;使更合心意;使更有诱惑力
  If yousweetensomething such as an offer or a business deal, you try to make someone want it more by improving it or by increasing the amount you are willing to pay.
  1. Kalon Group has sweetened its takeover offer for Manders...
     卡龙集团已经向曼德斯公司开出更为优厚的收购条件。
  2. She had been careful to sweeten the deal with a rather generous cash payment.
     她一直甚为审慎，想要通过支付大量现金促成这笔交易。

英英释义

verb

• make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable
  1. sweeten a deal
• make sweeter in taste
  Synonym:dulcifyedulcoratedulcorate

双语例句

• He liberally sweetened his coffee
  他往咖啡里加了很多糖。
• To sweeten up this disastrous night.
  给这个悲伤的夜晚一点甜蜜。
• You can add fruit purees to the yogurt to create a range of flavours, but DO NOT SWEETEN YOGURT WITH HONEY ( see baby foods to avoid for more information).
  你可以在酸奶中加入水果浓汤来创造某种口味的酸奶，但千万不要在酸奶中加入蜂蜜来提高甜度。
• I always sweeten my tea with honey.
  我总是在茶里加点蜂蜜，让茶甜一点。
• We are learning to sweeten and expand our music to create a cycle of homecoming ahead.
  我们正在学会甜美化并扩展我们的音乐，来创造一个前方回家的周期。
• Although a natural alternative, such as honey, can be used to sweeten food if it is necessary, we can in fact do without it.
  如果必要的话，我们可以用像蜜糖之类的天然替代品来增加食物的甜度，然而事实上不用也行。
• And sweeten the romance of love.
  爱情有了你，变得更加甜蜜、浪漫。
• So long as you can sweeten another's pain, life is not in vain.
  只要你能抚平他人的伤痛，你的人生就不会毫无意义。
• Kalon Group has sweetened its takeover offer for Manders
  卡龙集团已经向曼德斯公司开出更为优厚的收购条件。
• Children sweeten labors; but they make misfortune more bitter.
  子女使辛劳变为甜蜜，使不幸更加苦涩。