sprucing up

Britain may be entering another age of austerity, but nearly $15 billion has been spent on sprucing up the capital for the 2012 Olympics.

虽然，英国可能将进入另一个紧缩开支的时代，但为了2012年奥林匹克运动会而把首都打扮的既整洁而又漂亮，英国已经将近150亿美元花掉了。

You may be sprucing up your home for guests or putting up festive decorations for your immediate family to enjoy.

你可能会为客人打理一下你的家，或将注册您的直系亲属享受节日装饰品。

Consider sprucing up your IM with a business-savvy profile, complete with company logo and contact information.

可以将你的IM资料专业化，将公司的图标以及联系方式都补充上去。

As one of China's top investment banks, CICC has specialized in sprucing up state-owned firms ahead of initial public offerings.

中金是中国顶级投资银行之一，尤其擅长操作国有企业首次公开募股（IPO）。

Following next month's listing of AgBank, China will boast four big partially privatised banks that are sprucing up their product offerings.

下月农行上市后，中国将拥有四大部分私有化的银行，这些银行都在改进自己的产品。

FOR months workers have been feverishly sprucing up Dili, Timor-Leste 's scruffy capital.

数月来，东帝汶工人们忙着装饰清理其破旧肮脏的首都帝力。

A recent catch was Pakistan, whose reputation needs sprucing up after the blackmarket antics of Abdul Qadeer Khan, a nuclear scientist.

最新的猎物是巴基斯坦，在核武科学家阿卜杜勒·卡迪尔·汗（AbdulQadeerKhan）的黑市行为曝光之后，该国需要洗刷自己的声誉。

Instead of opening new outlets, Mr Melich argues, Wal-Mart should concentrate on sprucing up existing ones.

梅利奇说，沃尔玛应集中力量改造现有店铺而不是开辟新店。

We spent nearly30, 000 yuan op sprucing up the house.

这次我们装修房子花了近30,000元。

We spent nearly $30, 000 on sprucing up the house.

这次我们装修房子花了近30,000美元。

They blew 20% of this on consumption, 19% on sprucing up their homes and 44% on assets such as stocks.

其中，20%的资金都用于消费，19%用于装修房子，而44%的资金用于购买股票等资产。

it needs some sprucing up

它需要打扮得整齐一些