beautify

IPA/ˈbjuːtɪfaɪ/
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beautify — 動詞

  • beautifypresent simple I / you / we / they
  • beautifieshe / she / it
  • beautifiedpast simple
  • beautifying-ing form

1. to make a person, place, or thing look more attractive.

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

美化

讓外表變得更漂亮

to make a person, place, or thing look more attractive.

例句

Maeve used climbing roses to beautify the wall beside her front door.

Maeve 用攀爬玫瑰美化了前門旁的牆面。

beautify + place/object with flowers or plants

New street trees will beautify the dusty road outside Diya's school.

新種的行道樹將美化 Diya 學校外那條滿是灰塵的路。

常見搭配
  • beautify a garden
  • beautify a room
  • beautify the town center
  • beautify something with flowers
同義詞
  • decorate

    usually focuses on adding attractive details, often for a special event

  • enhance

    more formal and broader; can improve quality, not only appearance

  • spruce up

    informal; suggests a quick effort to make something look nicer

  • adorn

    formal; often used when something is made attractive with ornaments

反義詞
  • disfigure

    means to spoil the appearance, often by damage or marks

  • spoil

    broader and less formal; can ruin how something looks or feels

文法句型

beautify + [place/object]

beautify + [place/object] + with + [flowers/lights/art]

用法筆記

Usually takes a place, building, room, or person as its direct object. It often suggests adding plants, color, light, or decoration rather than changing how something works.

常見錯誤

The yard beautified after we planted roses.
The roses beautified the yard after we planted them.
beautify is usually transitive and needs a direct object.
They beautified the hall more beautiful with lights.
They beautified the hall with lights.
the verb already includes the idea of making something more beautiful.

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • beautify a garden
  • beautify a street
  • beautify a room
  • beautify the town center

常用片語

  • beautify the area around the station
  • help beautify the neighborhood

介系詞搭配

  • beautify with flowers
  • beautify with lights
  • beautify for the festival