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
- 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: To make shiny by rubbing; gloss, polish.
磨光:通过研磨,抛光的方法来增加表面光洁度。 - 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。 - This has given rise to speculation that the suggestion was merely intended to burnish the image of a man not known for self-effacing modesty.
这一做法已引发人们猜测,纳扎尔巴耶夫的建议只是在帮助一个对不求闻达的的谦逊品性不知一二的小人塑造形象而已。 - In an effort to burnish its appeal to overseas companies, Mr Chow also said the exchange was working on a plan to introduce a depositary receipts programme similar to that in the US.
周文耀还表示,为了增强对海外企业的吸引力,港交所正制定计划,推出类似美国的存托凭证。 - 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。 - 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。 - If there was a chance to burnish Commerce's moribund image by landing a new export marker, he wasn't going to worry about appearances of purity.
只要有机会开拓新的出口市场,给奄奄一息的美国商业带来振兴,他将不为廉洁的名声而担忧。飞行在图兹拉稍作停留。 - To burnish their brands, companies need determination.
要为自己的品牌增光,公司需要下定决心。 - 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。