dress up ( dressing, dressed, dresses )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you dress up or dress yourself up, you put on different clothes, in order to make yourself look more formal than usual or to disguise yourself. 盛裝打扮

  例：

  You do not need to dress up for dinner.

  你不必为了晚宴盛装打扮。

  例：

  I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing.

  我就是喜欢穿另一个时代的服装，很好玩。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you dress someone up, you give them special clothes to wear, in order to make them look more formal or to disguise them. 装扮

  例：

  Mother loved to dress me up.

  妈妈喜欢装扮我。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you dress something up, you try to make it seem more attractive, acceptable, or interesting than it really is. 装饰; 修饰

  例：

  Politicians are happier to dress up their ruthless ambition as a necessary pursuit of the public good.

  政客们更乐于把自己的狼子野心粉饰成对公众利益的一种必要追求。