burnish
英 [ˈbɜːnɪʃ]
美 [ˈbɜːrnɪʃ]
v. 磨光,擦亮(金属)
现在分词:burnishing 过去式:burnished 过去分词:burnished 比较级:burnisher 第三人称单数:burnishes
BNC.23875 / COCA.20422
牛津词典
verb
- 磨光,擦亮(金属)
to polish metal until it is smooth and shiny
柯林斯词典
- VERB 改善(形象)
Toburnishthe image of someone or something means to improve their image.- The European Parliament badly needs a president who can burnish its image.
欧洲议会急需一位能改善其声望的主席。
- The European Parliament badly needs a president who can burnish its image.
英英释义
noun
- the property of being smooth and shiny
verb
双语例句
- China's new First Lady is poised to impress& and burnish China's image overseas.
中国新任第一夫人已做好准备,去提升中国的海外形象。 - CSR, a tool used by many multinationals to burnish their credentials as good corporate citizens, is a set of voluntary principles adopted by businesses to take account of the economic, social and environmental effects of its work.
企业社会责任是指企业考虑到其工作对经济、社会和环境所造成的影响,而采用的一套自愿原则。许多跨国企业使用这一工具,塑造自身优秀企业公民的形象。 - They also get to burnish their green credentials, not just for ditching their cars, but because all Google shuttles run on biodiesel.
他们也提高他们的环保意识不仅仅为了摆脱自己的车,而是因为所有的谷歌的豪华汽车非常有生命力的运行着。 - Next week, Sarkozy hosts the G8 summit in the French city of Deauville-giving him the opportunity to burnish his international statesman's stature.
萨科齐下星期将在法国多维尔市主持八国峰会,这会给他机会发挥国际政治家的才能。 - But if the Olympics burnish the Samsung brand, that should help the Samsung Group sell televisions, ships and insurance, too.
但如果三星的品牌被奥运会擦的锃光瓦亮,该集团电视、船只和保险的销量也会有所上升。 - Material and process: low carbon steel wire, stainless steel wire through the bending forming, fine welding burnish, surface treatment working procedure such as finish.
材料和工艺:低碳钢丝、不锈钢丝通过折弯成型、精细焊接打磨、表面处理等工序完成的。 - Providers will seek to burnish returns by pushing mobile broadband and mobile payments services, the Bank predicted.
汇丰预计,运营商将努力推广移动宽带和移动支付服务,以求提高回报率。 - Another source of money is corporate partners. I suggest they may only commit small sums, just enough to burnish their social responsibility credentials.
另一资金来源是企业合作伙伴,我建议它们只要定期捐赠少量钱,就能提升其履行社会责任的良好形象。 - Burnish: Bookbinding term for the finishing of the edges of a book with a burnishing tool to impart a polished surface.
磨光:装订术语。用磨光工具把书边打磨光滑。 - While it is a long time classic scour crystallization, its internal burnish is from day to day more bright stars.
经典则是经过悠悠时光冲刷的结晶,其内在的光泽却是一天比一天更加璀璨的星辰。