1 PHRASAL VERB 装扮;打扮 If you dress up or dress yourself up, you put on different clothes, in order to make yourself look smarter than usual or to disguise yourself. 装扮;打扮 [Also + in]
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You do not need to dress up for dinner. [VERB PREP.]
你们不必特意盛装赴宴。
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I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing. [V P in/as n]
我就是喜欢穿另一个时代的衣服玩。
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Little girls dress up as angels for fiestas. [VERB PREP. + as]
小女孩们在节日里扮成天使的样子。
2 PHRASAL VERB 给…打扮;给…装扮 If you dress someone up, you give them special clothes to wear, in order to make them look smarter or to disguise them. 给…打扮;给…装扮 [Also VERB PREPOSITION n (not pron)]
3 PHRASAL VERB 修饰;美化;粉饰 If you dress something up, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is. 修饰;美化;粉饰
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Politicians dress up their ruthless ambition as a pursuit of the public good. [VERB PREP. noun]
政客们将他们的狼子野心美化成是谋求公共利益。
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However you dress it up, a bank only exists to lend money. [VERB noun PREP.]
无论你如何粉饰,银行就是为了放贷而生的。
SYN present, portray, depict, characterize
4 See also: dressed up dressing-up
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