adornment 门面

时间：2022-02-14 08:40:47

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Adornment的意思是“装饰品”。
 
Free Dictionary给出了两个解释embellishment, ornamentation，就是“抽象意义上的门面或者脸面”。
 
She had managed to instill in her household a European sense of children as graceful1 adornments to the parents, as opposed to our ugly American democratic style, with even an infant given his noisy vote in all proceedings2.
她极力在自己的家里培养欧洲意义上的孩子，从而使他们成为父母的一种体面的装饰，而不像我们丑陋的美国民主生活作风，即使婴儿也可以通过哭喊对许多事表达他们的意见。

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1 graceful deHza     
adj.优美的，优雅的；得体的
参考例句：
  • His movements on the parallel bars were very graceful.他的双杠动作可帅了!
  • The ballet dancer is so graceful.芭蕾舞演员的姿态是如此的优美。
2 proceedings Wk2zvX     
n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报
参考例句：
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

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