prettify

英 [ˈprɪtifaɪ]

美 [ˈprɪtifaɪ]

v.  粉饰，美化(常弄巧成拙)

过去分词：prettified　现在分词：prettifying　过去式：prettified　第三人称单数：prettifies　

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牛津词典

verb

• 粉饰，美化（常弄巧成拙）
  to try to make sth pretty, often with the result that it looks worse or false

柯林斯词典

• VERB 美化；粉饰
  Toprettifysomething, especially something that is not beautiful, means to make it appear pretty.
  1. ...just a clever effort to prettify animal slaughter...
     不过是对残杀动物的行为进行美化的狡猾之举
  2. It presented an intolerably prettified view of the countryside.
     它对农村进行了过度的美化。

英英释义

verb

• make more beautiful
  Synonym:fancifybeautifyembellish

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