【brighten】 - SAT备考词汇

brighten

UK:  ['braɪt(ə)n]

US:  ['braɪt(ə)n]

第三人称单数：brightens  现在分词：brightening  过去式：brightened  

v.

1.使发光辉,使发亮,擦光,磨亮

2.亮,使…生光

3.闪耀,发亮,发光

4.使活跃,使快活;使有希望;使聪明

5.解解闷;增添乐趣;鼓起兴致

6.增添光彩

7.(天)晴;(人)露喜色,快活起来

8.(前途)有希望

9.快活起来,高兴起来,开朗起来,露出笑容,喜形于色,笑逐颜开

10.容光焕发

1 . "And yet, she can be very happy with him, " went on the little actress. "Her sunny temper, her joyous face will brighten any home. "
其实，她和他生活在一起会非常幸福的。“那小女演员在继续往下说，”她的快乐性格和她朝阳般的笑脸会给任何一个家庭带来生气和欢乐。

2 . Its shares have been soaring for the past two years as the company's long-term outlook began to brighten.
随着对公司长期健康发展的预期日涨，它的股价在过去的两年中急速增长。

3 . Rich, saturated colors (think deep purples, greens, reds, and blues) instantly brighten up the skintone, which tends to get sallow with age.
饱满、丰富的颜色立即提升了皮肤的亮度（考虑一些深紫、紫色、绿色、红色和蓝色）。

4 . Add in a certain degree of blue at the iris, this is the part that shows the colour of the eyes. Remember to brighten it a bit.
在虹膜主体加入一定的蓝色，能看出眼睛颜色的主要就是这一部分，注意稍稍的提亮。

5 . She could tell you to the week when the first dogwood blossom would brighten the ridge, the first blackberry darken enough to harvest.
她能告诉你第一支山茱萸花开，点亮山脊是在哪个礼拜，还有黑莓什么时候可以采摘。