| 单词 | burnish |
| 释义 | burnish (once / 2239 pages) vn That seductive gleam on that Porsche behind the dealer's window? It's called a burnish, a gloss only achieved by loads of polishing. Likewise, you can burnish a resume by polishing it until it's perfect. A caution about usage: burnish in the physical sense is usually reserved for inanimate objects — a woman will not be happy to hear that her appearance is "burnished to perfection." But your car will thank you. Also, one of the most common non-physical things to be burnished? A reputation. People are forever burnishing them — and its opposite, besmirching them (i.e., making them dirty). WORD FAMILYburnish: burnished, burnishes, burnishing+/burnished: unburnished USAGE EXAMPLESAs the two-time president of the agency, his extraordinary talent and personal pragmatism burnished Magnum’s reputation as an agency of excellence. Time(Dec 30, 2016) The return to civilian life will also be a time for Obama to burnish his legacy, as is standard for ex-presidents. Time(Dec 23, 2016) This show is a study in ultra-refinement in which art, craft and invention collude in a burnished glow. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1v polish and make shiny Syn|Hyper buff, furbish polish, shine, smooth, smoothen make (a surface) shine 2n the property of being smooth and shiny Syn|Hypo|Hyper gloss, glossiness, polish French polish the glaze produced by repeated applications of French polish shellac glazea glossy finish on a fabric smoothness a texture without roughness; smooth to the touch effulgence, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, refulgency, shinethe quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
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