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an embellishment (on/to sth)
embellishment 常与介词 on 或 to 连用，表示对某事物的修饰。
The story is true, with only a few embellishments.
这个故事是真实的，只有几处修饰。
装饰；润色；修饰
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
装饰；润色；修饰
elaboration of an interpretation by adding decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
The story is true, with only a few embellishments.
这个故事是真实的，只有几处修饰。
装饰的行为。
An act of embellishing.
通过使用装饰性(有时是虚构的)细节来阐述解释
elaboration of an interpretation by the use of decorative (sometimes fictitious) detail
装饰性添加物
An added touch; an ornamental addition; a flourish.
多余的装饰
a superfluous ornament
The historian found many embellishments in the old biography, so she checked the original documents.
历史学家在这本旧传记里发现许多修饰之处，于是她去核对了原始文件。
AI contextual example
The clean furniture design shows that embellishment is not always necessary.
这款简洁的家具设计表明，装饰并不总是必要的。
AI contextual example
Her embellishment of the facts made the story more dramatic.
她对事实的润色让故事更加戏剧化。
AI contextual example
the mystery has been heightened by many embellishments in subsequent retellings
后来的复述中增添了许多渲染,使这个谜团更加神秘。
WordNet
embellishment 常与介词 on 或 to 连用，表示对某事物的修饰。
The story is true, with only a few embellishments.
这个故事是真实的，只有几处修饰。
embellishment of 表示对某事物的修饰或润色。
The embellishment of the truth is common in advertising.
对真相的修饰在广告中很常见。
add embellishment(s) to 表示给某物增加装饰或润色。
She added a few embellishments to the dress.
她给裙子添加了一些装饰。
Not this
She likes to embellishment her room.
Use this
She likes to embellish her room.
embellishment是名词，而这里需要动词embellish。中文学习者常将名词形式误用作动词，但英语中动词是embellish。
Not this
He added much embellishment to the story.
Use this
He added many embellishments to the story.
embellishment表示具体的修饰细节时可数，常用复数形式。中文“装饰”无单复数概念，导致误用much修饰不可数名词，应用many修饰可数名词复数。
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建筑装饰
The old theatre is known for its architectural embellishments.
这家老剧院以其建筑装饰而闻名。
音乐装饰
The composer used delicate musical embellishments in the slow movement.
作曲家在慢乐章中运用了精巧的音乐装饰。
虚构的润色
Her account of the trip includes a few fanciful embellishments.
她对这次旅行的叙述包含一些虚构的润色。
对事实的添枝加叶
His explanation was an embellishment of the truth.
他的解释是对事实的添枝加叶。
多余的装饰
The apartment is elegant, with no unnecessary embellishments.
这套公寓很雅致，没有多余的装饰。
不加修饰地
She narrated the incident without embellishment.
她不加修饰地讲述了这件事。
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em+bell+ishment：给叙述挂上铃铛(bell)，叮当作响的装饰细节。联想“额外添饰”，让解释更花哨。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、art and design、literary criticism 该词多用于较正式的书面或专业语境，如艺术评论、文学分析或正式写作中，指“装饰、润色或添枝加叶”；日常口语中通常更常说 decoration 或 exaggeration。
These -ishment words are useful spelling lookalikes, but none rhymes with embellishment /ɛmˈbɛlɪʃmənt/: their stressed vowels differ (e.g., punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/, accomplishment /əˈkɑːmplɪʃmənt/, establishment /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/, astonishment /əˈstɑːnɪʃmənt/, banishment /ˈbænɪʃmənt/, nourishment /ˈnɜːrɪʃmənt/). A true rhyme would need the stressed sequence /ɛlɪʃmənt/.
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