sweeten

• vt. 減輕；使變甜；使溫和；使悅耳
• vi. 變甜

sweet,甜的，-en,使。

sweeten (v.)

1550s (intransitive), from sweet (adj.) + verbal ending -en (1). Transitive sense ("become sweet") is from 1620s. The Middle English form of the verb was simply sweet, from Old English swetan. Related: Sweetened; sweetening.

1. Sweeten dishes sparingly with honey, or con-centrated apple or pear juice.

加一點蜂蜜或濃縮蘋果汁或梨汁，讓菜帶點甜味。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The Australians fry their bananas and sweeten them with honey.

澳大利亞人把香蕉炸了，然後再淋上蜂蜜吃。

來自柯林斯例句

3. If you sweeten him up he'll do the work for you.

你要是哄哄他,他就會幫你幹活.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. The pears will sweeten as they ripen.

梨子熟了就會變甜.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. She had been careful to sweeten the deal with a rather generous cash payment.

她一直甚為審慎，想要通過支付大量現金促成這筆交易。

來自柯林斯例句