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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

gloss

英  [glɒs]
    
美  [glɔːs]

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词

  • glosses

    1. [SING 单数型名词] 光泽

    A gloss is a bright shine on the surface of something.

    近义词

    sheen

    双语例句

    例：

    Sheets of rain were falling and produced a black gloss on the asphalt.

    倾盆的大雨使柏油马路显得黑亮黑亮的。

    2. [U 不可数名词] 表面光鲜 , 假象

    Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality.

    双语例句

    例：

    Television commercials might seem more professional, but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content.

    电视广告也许看上去更加专业，但要当心，不要把表面的光鲜误以为真。

    3. [SING 单数型名词] 粉饰

    If you put a gloss on a bad situation, you try to make it seem more attractive or acceptable by giving people a false explanation or interpretation of it.

    双语例句

    例：

    He used his diary to put a fine gloss on the horrors the regime perpetrated.

    他假借日记来粉饰该政权犯下的种种恐怖行径。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

  • gloss over

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 无视 , 草草了事

    If you gloss over a problem, a mistake, or an embarrassing moment, you try to make it seem unimportant by ignoring it or by dealing with it very quickly.

    双语例句

    例：

    Some foreign governments gloss over human rights abuses.

    一些外国政府无视侵犯人权的问题。

    VERB. 动词

  • glosses , glossing , glossed

    1. [T 及物动词] 注解

    If you gloss a difficult word or idea, you provide an explanation of it.

    双语例句

    例：

    'Aventure' is often glossed as simply good or bad 'fortune' or 'chance'.

    “Aventure”常常被简单地注解为好的或坏的“运气”或“机会”。

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