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

• 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。
• Business ranging from Super Flat Burnish Floor, Epoxy Floor, Urethane Floor, Hardener Floor, Polish Floor, etc.
  业务范围有超平环保地坪、环氧树脂地坪、聚氨酯地坪、耐磨地坪等。
• 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。
• 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。
• I rub my scars the way other people fret a rabbit's foot or burnish a lucky penny.
  我抚摸自己疤痕的方式，就像其他烦恼之人抚摸兔脚或幸运便士一样。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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***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。
• 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。