Embellish

(v.)

embellish sth (wht sth)

1. make sth beautiful by adding ornaments, etc.

美化、装饰或修饰某物

e.g. 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, e.g. to make it more interesting or amusing

渲染；添枝加叶（如使之更有趣、更可笑）

e.g. He often embellishes the tales of his travels.

他常给他的旅游趣闻添枝加叶。

引申：embellishment

(n.)

(a) embellishing or being embellished

装饰；渲染；润色

e.g. the embellishment of a book, a building, a speech

对书的修饰、建筑物的装饰、言语的润色

(b) thing that embellishes; artistic addition

装饰之物；艺术性的增添物

e.g. a 16th-century church with 18th-century embellishments

有18世纪艺术装饰的16世纪的教堂

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