sweeten
verb🔊/ˈswiːtn/
🔊/ˈswiːtn/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they sweeten | 🔊/ˈswiːtn/ 🔊/ˈswiːtn/ |
| he / she / it sweetens | 🔊/ˈswiːtnz/ 🔊/ˈswiːtnz/ |
| past simple sweetened | 🔊/ˈswiːtnd/ 🔊/ˈswiːtnd/ |
| past participle sweetened | 🔊/ˈswiːtnd/ 🔊/ˈswiːtnd/ |
| -ing form sweetening | 🔊/ˈswiːtnɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈswiːtnɪŋ/ |
- 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. 通货膨胀率的下降丝毫没有助长大量失业的消息。
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