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embellish sth
直接宾语可以是衣服、故事、事实等。
She embellished the dress with lace.
她用蕾丝装饰了裙子。
装饰；美化
embellished — past of embellish
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
装饰；美化
decorate or make more beautiful by adding ornament, colour, etc.
She embellished the dress with lace.
她用蕾丝装饰了裙子。
通过添加装饰使其更美丽和吸引人；装饰。
To make more beautiful and attractive by adding ornamentation; to decorate.
通过添加非严格必要的东西来增强。
To enhance by adding something not strictly integral or necessary.
使某事听起来或看起来比实际更好或更可接受；扭曲、润色,甚至歪曲或撒谎。
To make something sound or look better or more acceptable than it is in reality; to distort, embroider, or even misrepresent or lie.
embellish
Base
原形
embellishes
3rd person
第三人称单数
embellishing
-ing
现在分词
embellished
Past
过去式
embellished
Past participle
过去分词
She embellishes her stories with vivid details.
她用生动的细节润色她的故事。
He embellished the truth to impress his friends.
他为了给朋友留下好印象而美化了事实。
They have embellished the room with new curtains.
他们用新窗帘装饰了房间。
规则动词
She likes to embellish her plain dress with colorful embroidery.
她喜欢用彩色刺绣装饰她朴素的裙子。
The storyteller embellished the old legend with many imaginary details.
讲故事的人用许多虚构的细节润色了这个古老的传说。
The artist is embellishing the ceiling of the new library with delicate paintings.
艺术家正在用精美的画作装饰新图书馆的天花板。
直接宾语可以是衣服、故事、事实等。
She embellished the dress with lace.
她用蕾丝装饰了裙子。
用某物给某物增添细节或装饰。
He embellished his story with vivid details.
他用生动的细节润色了他的故事。
强调通过某种动作方式来实现润色或装饰。
The author embellished the plot by adding unexpected twists.
作者通过添加意想不到的转折来润色情节。
Not this
She embellished on the story.
Use this
She embellished the story.
Embellish是及物动词，直接跟宾语，不需要介词on。可能是受到elaborate on的影响而误加介词。
Not this
The dress has many embellishes.
Use this
The dress has many embellishments.
Embellish是动词，不能直接用作名词。表示“装饰品”时应用名词形式embellishment。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
装饰房间
They embellished the room with fresh flowers for the party.
为了聚会，他们用鲜花装饰了房间。
给故事添油加醋
She embellished the story to make her trip sound more exciting.
她给故事添油加醋，让她的旅行听起来更刺激。
夸大事实
The advertisement embellishes the truth about the product's benefits.
这则广告在产品功效上夸大了事实。
美化简历
He embellished his résumé with several awards he never won.
他在简历中美化了几项从未获得过的奖项。
添油加醋，夸大事实
He was known to embellish the truth when telling stories about his travels.
他在讲述旅行经历时以添油加醋而闻名。
给故事添枝加叶
She embellished the story to make it more dramatic.
她给故事添枝加叶，使其更具戏剧性。
美化事实，歪曲事实
Don't embellish the facts just to make your report look better.
不要为了让报告更好看而歪曲事实。
Use embellished naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象给“铃”（bell）挂上漂亮饰带，让它更“美丽”——embellish 就是装饰、美化，也可引申为添油加醋。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、art and design、storytelling embellish 是比较正式的词，多用于书面或正式场合，表示“装饰、美化”；在叙述中也可指“给故事添枝加叶、润色”。日常口语中更常用 decorate 或 dress up。
与 embellish（/ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/）真正押韵的是 relish（/ˈrɛlɪʃ/），两者的重读元音及后续音节相同。其他常见的 -ish 结尾单词如 polish、publish、foolish、abolish、accomplish 拼写相似但重读元音各异，发音并不相同，切勿按拼写类推发音。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.