1 PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）振奋；（使）活跃；（使）快活 If something perks you up or if you perk up, you become cheerful and lively, after feeling tired, bored, or depressed. （使）振奋；（使）活跃；（使）快活 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n (not pron)]
2 PHRASAL VERB 使更有趣 If you perk something up, you make it more interesting. 使更有趣
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To make the bland taste more interesting, the locals began perking it up with local produce. [VERB noun PREP.]
为了使这淡而无味的东西更有味道，当地人开始加些土特产调味。
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Psychological twists perk up an otherwise predictable story line.
心理转折使原本老套的故事情节变得生动有趣。
3 PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）增加；（使）上涨；（使）增值 If sales, prices, or economies perk up, or if something perks them up, they begin to increase or improve. （使）增加；（使）上涨；（使）增值 [journalism] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
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House prices could perk up during the autumn. [VERB PREP.]
秋季房价可能上涨。
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Anything that could save the company money and perk up its cash flow was examined. [VERB PREP. noun]
所有能够为公司节省开支、增加流动资金的办法都研究过了。
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