facelift

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1. MHDCBif you have a facelift, you have an operation in which doctors remove loose skin from your face in order to make you look younger 除皱整容术；面部拉皮手术

2 IMPROVEwork or repairs that make a building or place look newer or better 〔建筑物或场地的〕翻新，整修

The new owner had given the pub a facelift.

新老板对酒吧进行了翻修。

Examples from the Corpus

facelift• And they have just completed a deal to buy the disused Grand Hotel on the Marine Promenade to give that a facelift.• The rooms received a complete facelift and have been cabled for Internet access.• In addition, all the talk about its major facelift had me thinking the worst.• It is hoped that the multi-million pound facelift will reverse decades of decline for the shopping area in Liverpool city centre.• As part of the recent facelift, a new roof and floors were fitted.

From Longman Business Dictionary

faceliftface·lift /ˈfeɪslɪft/ noun [countableC usually singular]

1PROPERTYif a building or area is given a facelift, it is cleaned and improved to make it look more attractiveSYN RENOVATION

Singapore’s Raffles Hotel reopened after a facelift costing £55 million.

San Jose’s downtown hasundergone an extensivefacelift recently.

2MARKETINGif a company gives one of its products or services a facelift, it improves it and makes it more attractive

Nissan’s six-year old supermini is due for a facelift next year.

face·lift noun

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