【句子】Care to dance? Might pep you up.  【Desperate Housewives S2E8】

【发音】/keə(r)/ /tʊ/ /dɑːns/ /dæns/ /maɪt/ /pep/ /juː/ /ʌp/

【发音技巧】Might pep失去爆破；

【翻译】想跳舞吗？也许这能让你精神振奋。

【适用场合】

我们今天一起来学习一下关键句中的pep sb. up这样的表达，来看看它所对应的英文解释：

to increase or enhance someone's excitement, interest, energy, or alertness

或者to cause someone to become more alert and energetic

“使得某个人变得更加激动、更感兴趣、更具活力、更机敏等等”；

eg: I think I need some coffee to pep me up.

我觉得我需要喝点咖啡提提神。

eg: I just can't focus until I get pepped up with a bit of coffee in the morning.

我早晨不喝点咖啡提神的话，就完全无法集中注意力。

eg: The show was going really poorly until the host came out and pepped the audience up.

演出一直进行得很糟糕，直到主持人出场，让观众振奋起来。

eg: The good news about his recovery pepped us up.

他康复的好消息让我们精神振奋。

这个短语也可以理解成：

to cause sth. to become more exciting or interesting

“使得某个东西变得更让人激动、变得更有趣”；

eg: A little spice will pep up the flavor of the stew.

加一点点香料会使得这个炖菜的味道更好吃。

eg: We could use a good comedian to pep this party up!

我们可以找一个优秀的喜剧演员来使这个派对更有活力。

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The prime minister aired some ideas about pepping up trade in the region.