Smartening
v. 使（更）漂亮( smarten的現(xiàn)在分詞 ); 使（更）聰明; 變得（更）漂亮; 變得（更）聰明
??? 情景例句
Yes. I loved them.
記得。我好喜歡喲。
Silence is sometimes the severest criticism.
沈默有時(shí)是最嚴(yán)厲的批評(píng)。
but children were then too cowed to let them know how they really felt.
孩子們只不過被嚇得不敢讓父母知道自己的想法罷了。