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polish sth
通常指使表面光亮。
She polished her shoes before the interview.
她在面试前擦亮了鞋子。
擦亮；磨光；抛光
polishing — present participle of polish
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
擦亮；磨光；抛光
To make or become smooth and shiny by rubbing.
She polished her shoes before the interview.
她在面试前擦亮了鞋子。
擦亮；通过摩擦、清洁或研磨使表面非常光滑或有光泽。
To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
精炼；去除瑕疵。
To refine; remove imperfections from.
给鞋擦鞋油。
To apply shoe polish to shoes.
变得光滑,如因摩擦；获得光泽；呈现光滑有光泽的表面。
To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
polish
Base
原形
polishes
3rd person
第三人称单数
polishing
-ing
现在分词
polished
Past
过去式
polished
Past participle
过去分词
She polishes her shoes every morning.
她每天早上擦亮她的鞋子。
He polished the silverware yesterday.
他昨天把银器擦亮了。
They have polished the floor to a shine.
他们已经把地板擦得锃亮。
规则动词，注意区分名词和动词发音不同。
She polishes her silverware every week to keep it shiny.
她每周都擦亮银器以保持光亮。
He polished his shoes before the interview.
他在面试前擦亮了皮鞋。
They are polishing the wooden floor with a special wax.
他们正在用一种特殊的蜡给木地板抛光。
通常指使表面光亮。
She polished her shoes before the interview.
她在面试前擦亮了鞋子。
用于技能或作品的改进。
He polished up his presentation skills.
他打磨了他的演讲技巧。
表示使用某种工具或材料。
I polished the table with a soft cloth.
我用软布擦了桌子。
非正式用语，表示迅速完成（常指食物）。
They polished off the entire pizza in ten minutes.
他们十分钟内吃光了整个比萨饼。
Not this
I polished on my shoes.
Use this
I polished my shoes.
polish是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词'on'。中文中'擦亮鞋子'直接对应polish the shoes。
Not this
The shoes are polishing.
Use this
The shoes are being polished.
表示'鞋子正在被擦亮'时，应用被动语态are being polished，因为鞋子是动作的承受者。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
擦皮鞋
He polished his shoes before the interview.
面试前他擦亮了皮鞋。
擦亮银器
They polished the silver for the dinner party.
他们为晚宴擦亮了银器。
擦亮地板
She polished the floor until it gleamed.
她把地板擦得锃亮。
磨炼技能
You should polish your presentation skills.
你应该磨炼你的演讲技巧。
润色演讲稿
He spent hours polishing his speech.
他花了几个小时润色演讲稿。
把……打磨到完美
She polished her essay to perfection.
她把文章打磨得尽善尽美。
快速做完；狼吞虎咽地吃完
She polished off the entire cake in ten minutes.
她十分钟就吃光了整块蛋糕。
改进；润色；提高
You should polish up your English before the trip.
旅行前你应该提高一下你的英语。
彻底擦洗；注重整洁外观
The barracks were kept with daily spit and polish.
营房每天都被擦洗得一尘不染。
你没法把一坨屎打磨光亮。
When he tried to make the old broken plan sound like a brilliant investment, I told him you can't polish a turd.
当他试图把那个老掉牙的破计划说成绝妙投资时，我告诉他：没法把一坨屎打磨光亮。
Use polishing naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象用布反复擦拭银器，直到光可鉴人——polish 就是擦亮、抛光。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常擦亮金属或木制表面、打磨石材或玻璃、擦皮鞋 该词表示‘擦亮、抛光’时，语域通常为中性，口语和书面语都较常见。多用于日常清洁或工艺打磨的场合。
美音中 polish 读 /ˈpɑlɪʃ/（英音 /ˈpɒlɪʃ/）。abolish /əˈbɑlɪʃ/ 和 demolish /dɪˈmɑlɪʃ/ 与它真押韵，均含 -olish；foolish /ˈfuːlɪʃ/、publish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/、relish /ˈrɛlɪʃ/、embellish /ɪmˈbɛlɪʃ/ 虽都以 -ish 结尾，但重读元音不同，并不押韵。注意大写 Polish /ˈpoʊlɪʃ/（波兰的）拼写相同，但读音和意思不同。
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