1PHRASAL VERB 裝扮;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. 裝扮;打扮 [Also + in]
You do not need to dress up for dinner. [VERBPREP.]
你們不必特意盛裝赴宴。
I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing. [VPin/as n]
我就是喜歡穿另一個時代的衣服玩。
Little girls dress up as angels for fiestas. [VERBPREP. + as]
小女孩們在節日裏扮成天使的樣子。
2PHRASAL VERB 給…打扮;給…裝扮 If you dress someone up, you give them special clothes to wear, in order to make them look smarter or to disguise them. 給…打扮;給…裝扮 [Also VERBPREPOSITION n (not pron)]
Mother loved to dress me up. [VERB noun PREP.]
媽媽喜歡打扮我。
3PHRASAL VERB 修飾;美化;粉飾 If you dress something up, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is. 修飾;美化;粉飾
Politicians dress up their ruthless ambition as a pursuit of the public good. [VERBPREP. noun]
政客們將他們的狼子野心美化成是謀求公共利益。
However you dress it up, a bank only exists to lend money. [VERB noun PREP.]