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　

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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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the property of being smooth and shiny
  Synonym:polishglossglossiness

verb

• polish and make shiny
  1. buff the wooden floors
  2. buff my shoes
  Synonym:bufffurbish

双语例句

• 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。
• Operators are at pains to burnish their non-gaming credentials, whether through art exhibitions, film studio tie-ups or celebrity endorsements.
  赌场运营商正在痛苦地打造自己在博彩业务以外的名声，无论是通过艺术展、与电影公司合作还是名人代言。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• GM will seek to burnish its green credentials with three Chevrolet "minicar" concept vehicles, aimed at young urban drivers.
  通用汽车将寻求提高其在环保方面的声誉，推出三款雪佛莱（chevrolet）“迷你”概念车，目标定位于年轻的城市驾驶者。
• 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。
• Yet, even as Beijing has sought to burnish the railway's image, it has stumbled.
  不过，就在北京方面设法提升中国铁路的形象时，却也跌了个大跟头。
• To achieve this, she has worked hard to burnish her credentials with the Tory right.
  为达成这一目的，她一直努力让自己在保守党右翼面前显得更具资格。