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单词 sweeten
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sweeten
verb[T]
uk
/ˈswiː.tən/us
/ˈswiː.tən/

sweetenverb[T](TASTE)

to make somethingtastesweet:
使变甜
Theapplemixturecan be sweetenedwithhoney.什锦苹果里可以加点蜂蜜变甜一些。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preparing food
  • batch cooking
  • biga
  • bind
  • butter
  • buttered
  • can't boil an eggidiom
  • clarify
  • glaze
  • glazed
  • grate
  • ingredient
  • jerk
  • purée
  • re-season
  • recipe
  • rehydrate
  • restuff
  • toss
  • whip
  • zap
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sweetenverb[T](MORE PLEASANT)

to make something moreattractive:
使更具有吸引力，使更诱人
Thephonecompanythrewin two month'sworthoffreecallsto sweeten thedeal.电话公司用两个月免话费的优惠让这个服务方案显得更诱人。
to make apersonor amoodhappierorfriendlier:
使…更高兴，哄…开心，使…更友善
Ithinkyou shouldtryto sweeten himupbefore youaskhim for theloan.我觉得你开口向他借钱之前应该先哄他开心。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making things better
  • add salt tosomethingidiom
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • alleviation
  • ameliorate
  • cultivate
  • leavening
  • liven(something)up
  • lubricate
  • make a differenceidiom
  • make a world of differenceidiom
  • relieve
  • revamp
  • revitalize
  • revivify
  • revolutionize
  • salvage
  • salve
  • sharpen
  • tonic
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Causing pleasure
(Definition ofsweetenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sweeten| American Dictionary

sweeten
verb[T]
us
/ˈswi·tən/
to make somethingtastesweet:
Sweeten thenutbreadbyaddingdriedfruit.
infmlIf theywanttosettlethestrike, theownersstill must sweetentheiroffer(= make it morevaluableandattractive).
(Definition ofsweetenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

sweeten| Business English

sweeten
verb[T]
uk
/ˈswiːtən/us
to make something moreattractiveandacceptable:
sweeten the deal/bid/offer
Thecityhadtriedto sweeten thedealwith a $140 millionpackage.

sweetened

adjective[before noun]
Theboardunanimouslydecidedtoaccepta sweetenedoffer.
(Definition ofsweetenfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsweeten

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There is evident extravagance and profligacy about subsidising and sweetening private pension companies.
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Children and others consume very large quantities of these artificially sweetened drinks.
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Sweetened table waters are consumed very largely, indeed in the main, by children of the poorer classes of the community.
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I thought when we made that declaration we were so sweetening the atmosphere that we should have had a settlement.
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I have accordingly endeavoured to find some means by which these disputes may be minimised, and the atmosphere generally sweetened.
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Take, for example, the case of dulcin, a sweetening agent used for about 50 years.
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He told us about the people sweetening their lives with 80,000 cwt.
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I worked in a mine that was always being "sweetened" from opencast mining.
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There was also the rather narrower, less academic concept of sweetening the inevitable increase in war-time taxation.
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Specifications are also included for full and half strength sweetening tablets.
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Secondly, it provides for the opportunity for the rise of company unions; and thirdly, instead of sweetening it will sour relationships in the industrial field.
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The imports of sweetened milk powder during the same period amounted to 17,888 cwts.
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He tells us that the duty on sweetened table waters caused a diminution of the sale.
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The sweetening matter varies according to the sugar extracted.
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I am, and always have been, a believer in the view that it is the hope of reward that sweetens labour.
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