sweeten
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they sweeten | |
| he / she / it sweetens | |
| past simple sweetened | |
| past participle sweetened | |
| -ing form sweetening |
- sweeten something
to make food or drinks taste sweeter by adding sugar, etc. 使变甜；加糖于 - sweeten somebody (up) (informal)
to try to make somebody more willing to help you, agree to something, etc. by giving them money, praising them, etc. 讨好；拉拢；哄；收买；恭维 - sweeten something
to make something more pleasant or acceptable 使令人愉快；使更合心意；改善；缓和 The fall in inflation did little to sweeten news of massive job losses. 通货膨胀率的下降并没有给大量失业的消息增加多少甜头。
Idioms
sugar/sweeten the pill
to do something that makes an unpleasant situation seem less unpleasant 药里加糖；缓和情况；缓解苦感