dress up

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.
   1. You do not need to dress up for dinner...
      你们不必特意盛装赴宴。
   2. I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing...
      我就是喜欢穿另一个时代的衣服玩。
   3. Little girls dress up as angels for fiestas.
      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.
   1. Mother loved to dress me up.
      妈妈喜欢打扮我。
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.
   1. Politicians dress up their ruthless ambition as a pursuit of the public good...
      政客们将他们的狼子野心美化成是谋求公共利益。
   2. However you dress it up, a bank only exists to lend money.
      无论你如何粉饰,银行就是为了放贷而生的。
4. See also: dressed up dressing-up

1. Q: Should I dress up or dress down on the first date? A: It depends.
   问：第一次约会我应该穿得正式一些，还是休闲一些？答：视情况而定。
2. You do not need to dress up for dinner
   你们不必特意盛装赴宴。
3. I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing
   我就是喜欢穿另一个时代的衣服玩。
4. Little girls dress up as angels for fiestas.
   小女孩们在节日里扮成天使的样子。
5. Mother loved to dress me up.
   妈妈喜欢打扮我。
6. Politicians dress up their ruthless ambition as a pursuit of the public good
   政客们将他们的狼子野心美化成是谋求公共利益。
7. However you dress it up, a bank only exists to lend money.
   无论你如何粉饰，银行就是为了放贷而生的。
8. Some people like to dress up in minks and diamonds.
   有些人喜欢穿貂皮大衣，戴钻石首饰。
9. With that face, and he still tries to dress up!
   瞧他那副尊容，还打扮呢！
10. He changed my mindset and taught me to dress up and behave like a lady.
    他改变了我的心态，并且教我怎么穿着以及怎么表现得像个淑女。
11. Playing dress up with your daughter. Its fun to be a princess for an hour.
    和女儿玩装扮游戏，当一个小时的公主也很有趣。
12. The only person you have to dress up for is your boss.
    以后只需要为老板而打扮了。
13. Both children and adults dress up on Halloween.
    小孩和大人在万圣节时都乔装打扮。
14. Can you run the dress up for me in one evening?
    你能用一个晚上为我把这件衣服赶制好吗？
15. You don't need to dress up just to go to the pub-jeans and a T-shirt will do.
    你不需要只是为了去酒馆而盛装打扮，牛仔裤和运动衫就可以了。
16. I need to dress up a little to attend my friend's wedding.
    我得稍稍打扮一下去出席我朋友的婚礼。
17. I need to go to party tonight. I need to dress up.
    我晚上要去参加晚会，我得打扮一下。
18. Do I have to dress up to go to jim's party?
    我得穿上好衣服去参加吉姆的聚会吗？
19. I ran this dress up in one evening.
    我用一个晚上的时间匆匆缝好这件衣服。
20. So you wanna dress up in a monkey suit and tie every day?
    所以，你喜欢每天穿得漂漂亮亮的猴子西服和领带。
21. You can even ask your guests to dress up as movie stars, if you like!
    你甚至可以问您的客人可以打扮作为电影明星，如果你喜欢！
22. When I go to attend a meeting, I will dress up.
    当我要出席一个会议我会盛装打扮。
23. But what if you or your kids want to dress up as him for Halloween?
    但如果你或你的孩子想他装扮万圣节？
24. The exam is all over, so they dress up like that already.
    考试都结束了，她们也打扮好了出来的。
25. They have organized games and the staff dress up as clowns.
    他们已经组织了游戏，工作人员打扮成小丑。
26. Yes, a lot. I like to dress up as the Superman or ET.
    是的，很多。我喜欢装扮成超人或外星人。
27. Sometimes passengers get into the spirit and dress up as well.
    有时乘客进入精神和装扮。
28. A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.
    男人则只盛装出席婚礼和葬礼。
29. Did you dress up specially for me?
    你这么打扮是专门为了我吗？
30. My face would forever dress up in style.
    我将永远面对打扮风格。

verb

1. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
   1. She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
   2. The young girls were all fancied up for the party

   Synonym:    overdressfig outfig updeck upgussy upfancy uptrick updeck outtrick outprinkattireget uprig outtog uptog out

2. dress in a certain manner
   1. She dresses in the latest Paris fashion
   2. he dressed up in a suit and tie

   Synonym:    dress

3. dress in a costume
   1. We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins

   Synonym:    costume

4. make something appear superficially attractive
   1. The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data
   2. Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth

   Synonym:    window-dress

5. put a caparison on
   1. caparison the horses for the festive occasion

   Synonym:    caparisonbardbarde