burnish
burnish 英 [ˈbɜ:nɪʃ] 美 [ˈbɜrnɪʃ]
vt. 擦亮；使…光亮；将…打磨光亮 n. 光泽；抛光；闪闪发光 vi. 磨光发亮
进行时:burnishing 过去式:burnished 过去分词:burnished 第三人称单数:burnishes 名词复数:burnishes
- 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.
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- vt. 擦亮；使…光亮；将…打磨光亮
- n. 光泽；抛光；闪闪发光
- vi. 磨光发亮
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1. In the midst of a financial crisis seen as emanating from Wall Street, a demonstration of leadership would help burnish “Brand America”.
在被认为从华尔街刮起的这场金融风暴中，领导力的证明会使“品牌美国”打磨得更加光亮。
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2. The decrease, he says, is largely the result of China's attempts to burnish its international image in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics.
他认为这个数字的下降很大部分是由于中国试图在北京奥运热身阶段擦亮其国际形象。
- burnish (v.) early 14c., "to polish by friction," from Old French burniss- present participle stem of burnir, metathesis of brunir "to shine, gleam, sparkle" (trans.), also "to polish, make sparkle, make bright, shine," from brun "brown; polished," from Frankish or some other Germanic source (compare Old High German brun, Old Norse brunn "bright, polished; brown"), from Proto-Germanic *brunaz (from PIE root *bher- (2) "bright; brown"). The connection to "brown" might be explained if the original objects in mind were wooden ones. Meaning "cause to glow, clean (something) until it shines" is from late 14c. Related: Burnished; burnishing.
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