burnish

英 [ˈbɜːnɪʃ]

美 [ˈbɜːrnɪʃ]

v.  磨光，擦亮(金属)

现在分词：burnishing　过去式：burnished　过去分词：burnished　比较级：burnisher　第三人称单数：burnishes　

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BNC.23875 / COCA.20422

牛津词典

verb

• 磨光，擦亮（金属）
  to polish metal until it is smooth and shiny

柯林斯词典

• VERB 改善（形象）
  Toburnishthe image of someone or something means to improve their image.
  1. The European Parliament badly needs a president who can burnish its image.
     欧洲议会急需一位能改善其声望的主席。

英英释义

noun

• the property of being smooth and shiny
  Synonym:polishglossglossiness

verb

• polish and make shiny
  1. buff the wooden floors
  2. buff my shoes
  Synonym:bufffurbish

双语例句

• Taking a stand now could help to burnish some of the idealism traditionally attached to its brand and reinforce the goodwill of advertisers and users.
  如今采取反对立场，可能有助于为谷歌品牌历来表现出的理想主义增添一些光芒，增强广告客户和用户对谷歌的亲切感。
• To achieve this, she has worked hard to burnish her credentials with the Tory right.
  为达成这一目的，她一直努力让自己在保守党右翼面前显得更具资格。
• Skin molten, attenuate, burnish drops, flexibility decreases, dry and corrugate.
  皮肤变软、变薄，光泽减退，弹性减少，干燥起皱。
• Burnish: Bookbinding term for the finishing of the edges of a book with a burnishing tool to impart a polished surface.
  磨光：装订术语。用磨光工具把书边打磨光滑。
• This has given rise to speculation that the suggestion was merely intended to burnish the image of a man not known for self-effacing modesty.
  这一做法已引发人们猜测，纳扎尔巴耶夫的建议只是在帮助一个对不求闻达的的谦逊品性不知一二的小人塑造形象而已。
• Another source of money is corporate partners. I suggest they may only commit small sums, just enough to burnish their social responsibility credentials.
  另一资金来源是企业合作伙伴，我建议它们只要定期捐赠少量钱，就能提升其履行社会责任的良好形象。
• The congressional hearing comes as economic tensions with China have spilled onto various political campaigns, giving legislators seeking re-election in November an opportunity to burnish their security and economic credentials.
  美国众议院听证会召开之际，各种政治活动正大肆宣扬美中两国的经济摩擦，让寻求在11月大选中连任的议员们有机会在安全和经济问题上更多地博取选民支持。
• They also get to burnish their green credentials, not just for ditching their cars, but because all Google shuttles run on biodiesel.
  他们也提高他们的环保意识不仅仅为了摆脱自己的车，而是因为所有的谷歌的豪华汽车非常有生命力的运行着。
• I rub my scars the way other people fret a rabbit's foot or burnish a lucky penny.
  我抚摸自己疤痕的方式，就像其他烦恼之人抚摸兔脚或幸运便士一样。
• Providers will seek to burnish returns by pushing mobile broadband and mobile payments services, the Bank predicted.
  汇丰预计，运营商将努力推广移动宽带和移动支付服务，以求提高回报率。