sweetening，读音为：英 [ˈswiːtnɪŋ]、美 [ˈswiːtnɪŋ]。意思是：使甜化；增加甜味。

用法：sweetening可以用作名词，也可以用作动词，用作动词时表示“使甜化”之意。

双语翻译：Sweetening is a process of adding sugar or sweet substance to make food or drink more delicious. 加糖或加甜味剂的过程可以使食物或饮料变得更美味。

例句：The company sweetened its offer to acquire the company. 公司提高了收购该公司的出价。

sweetening，释义为“增加甜味；使甜；使和缓；使温和”。

常见用法：用作名词 sweetening 的意思是“加甜味剂”，转化为动词意思是“增加甜味”。

双语翻译：Sweetening is the act of making something sweeter or more pleasant.

中文翻译：使某物变得更甜或更愉快的行为。

例句：The company's sweetening its dividend to shareholders.

翻译为：公司提高了给股东的股息。

sweetening还可以表示“缓和，使和缓”，常见用法为sweeten one's tone/mood，意思是“缓和语气/情绪”。

例句：Try to soften your tone when talking to your child. Sweeten your tone and they will respond better.

翻译为：试着在和孩子说话的时候，语气柔和一些。你语气柔和，他们会有更好的反应。

sweetening，释义：使甜；使甜美；增加甜味

用法：sweetening用作名词时，其基本意思是“使甜化”，指通过某种方式使某物变得甜一些或使某人感到愉快、满意。sweetening也可作“增加甜味”解，还可表示“增加财富或价值”。

双语翻译：Sweetening is a process of making a food more palatable by adding sugar or sweet substance.

翻译为：加糖是一种通过添加糖或甜物质使食物更可口的过程。

常见短语：

1. sweeten one's mouth: 使听起来好听；讨好某人

例句：The speech was designed to sweeten his mouth with the voters.

翻译为：这次演讲是为了讨好选民。

2. sweeten the pot: 增加奖金；提高报酬以吸引某人

例句：The company is sweetening the pot with a bonus for the salesperson.

翻译为：公司提高了奖金以吸引销售人员。

3. sweeten one's drink: 加糖于饮料中

例句：He added a little sugar to his drink to sweeten it.

翻译为：他往饮料里加了一点糖使其变甜。

4. sweeten one's taste: 使某人对某物感兴趣；使某物变得更可口

例句：The teacher said that the lesson was too dry and needed to be sweetened up a bit.

翻译为：老师说这节课太枯燥了，需要加点料。

5. sweeten one's lips: 说出令人高兴的话；说好话

例句：She couldn't find the words to sweeten her lips.

翻译为：她找不到说好话的话。

6. sweeten one's victory: 使胜利更有滋味；使成功更有意义

例句：The victory was sweetened by the fact that they had beaten their arch-rivals.

翻译为：他们击败了他们的主要对手，胜利更加甜蜜了。

7. sweeten one's pill: 使痛苦或苦难变得可以忍受；减轻痛苦或苦难

例句：The doctor said that he could give her some medicine to sweeten her pill.

翻译为：医生说，他可以给她一些药来减轻她的痛苦。

8. sweeten one's life: 使生活变得美好；改善生活

例句：He decided to travel around the world to sweeten his life.

翻译为：他决定周游世界来改善他的生活。

9. sweeten one's drink with honey: 用蜂蜜调饮料的味道；调饮料加蜂蜜使其更甜美

例句：Honey is a natural sweetener that can be added to drinks to enhance their flavor.

翻译为：蜂蜜是一种天然的甜味剂，可以加到饮料中来增强其味道。

10. sweeten the pot with a bonus: 用奖金来吸引某人参与某事；增加奖金来吸引某人参与某事。