embellishment

英 [ɪm'belɪʃmənt] 美[ɪm'bɛlɪʃmənt]
  • n. 装饰,修饰;润色

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词态变化


复数: embellishments;动词: embellish;

英文词源


embellishment (n.)
1590s, from embellish + -ment; or from Old French embelissement. Earlier noun was embellishing (mid-15c.).

双语例句


1. Truscott's verbosity made it hard to separate plain fact from decorative embellishment.
特拉斯科特说话啰唆,让人很难分清哪是纯粹的事实哪是添油加醋的修饰之辞。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Locust trees in the North , as a decorative embellishment of nature, also associate us with autumn.
北国的槐树, 也是一种能使人联想起秋来的点缀.

来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

3. I am sensible they might tend very much to the embellishment of my paper.
我明知他们也许足以为本报生色.

来自辞典例句

4. Embellishment and fluff are not necessary.
华丽的润色是完全没有必要的.

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5. His articles are natural and without embellishment.
他的文章不事雕琢,自然质朴.

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