Embellish
[ im'beliʃ ]
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vt. 装饰;润色;修饰;
vi. 装饰起来;加以润色;
💡 词根助记
em使…进入状态+bell美好+ish动词后缀→进入美好→装饰
📝 例句
It caused him to seek to embellish his most incontestable achievements.
这使他想对自己最无可争议的成就加以吹嘘。
Can you embellish your refusal just a little bit?
难道你就不会对你的婉拒之辞略加修饰吗？
embellish a room with flowers
用花来装饰房间
I asked him not to embellish the truth with ideas of his own.
我要他不对事实添油加醋。
Serving to decorate or embellish;ornamental.
装饰性的用作装璜或修饰的；装饰的
🌱 联想助记
【记】※谐音“白理石”:大理石的一种用来装饰
※ belle-美女,谐音“贝勒(清代贵族的世袭封爵)”:身边美女如云
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
embellish
v[Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (with sth)
1 make sth beautiful by adding ornaments, etc 美化、 装饰或修饰某物
a dress embellished with lace and ribbons 有花边和饰带的连衣裙.
2 improve (a story, statement, etc) by adding often untrue details, eg to make it more interesting or amusing 渲染; 添枝加叶（如使之更有趣、 更可笑）
He often embellishes the tales of his travels. 他常给他的旅游趣闻添枝加叶.
🔁 扩展释义
*[im'beliʃ]vt. 修饰, 装饰, 润色
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Mm-hmm. Let's go ...
嗯哼。我们走吧……
In the mirror we see the face; in wine, the heart.
明镜照容颜，醇酒见人心。
Country people run wild when they go shopping in the city and stagger home loaded with as many of the exotic items as they can carry.
乡里人进城采购欣喜若狂，每次回家时都买足了外来商品，直到拿不动方才罢休，连走路都摇摇晃晃的。