词汇 | prettify |
释义 | prettify verb[ T ] often disapprovinguk /ˈprɪt.ɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈprɪt̬.ə.faɪ/ to make something pretty: 修饰,美化 Everything in the town seems to have been prettified to within an inch of its life.镇上的各种事物看来都被过度美化,其生命力几乎就此殆灭。 Synonyms beautify embellish Decorating or making something attractive accessorize adorn adornment beautification beautify edged embellishment festoon flock foliated non-utilitarian ornament ornamentation ornate over-glamorize twiddly undecorated unembellished window dressing yarn bombing Examples of prettifyprettify Firms which receive regional selective assistance often use it to prettify their balance sheets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is photographic evidence to suggest the ruins were prettified during the second half of the 19th century, with eroded parapets rebuilt, and new window tracery inserted. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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