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单词 beautify
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Definition of beautify in English:

beautify

verbbeautifying, beautifies, beautified ˈbjuːtɪfʌɪˈbjudəˌfaɪ
[with object]
  • Improve the appearance of.

    使更加美丽,美化

    another initiative to beautify the environment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Beauty salons are polluting the water as they beautify people's appearance.
    • Cosmetics companies pay a lot of attention to developing products to beautify eyes, such as mascara, eye shadow, eye liner and eyecare creams.
    • Only a few short years ago this handsome Boucherville buck was working as a welder, building the structures that hold all that cute billboard advertising you see beautifying our city and its surrounding highways.
    • The Japanese donation will support a Kathmandu Metropolitan City project to improve the environment and beautify the site.
    • Its effort is particularly laudable, for it is aimed at conserving nature as also beautifying the city, without disturbing the natural surroundings.
    • He was angry over the idea of Vermont spending $50,000 on rock chipping to beautify a stone formation after a road was cut through it.
    • The hundreds of chemicals used by farmers to control pests, improve production and beautify fruit and vegetables leave residues that end up on our tables.
    • The head of the IOC recently suggested that the Greeks stop worrying about beautifying the city and concentrate on completing the big construction and transport projects.
    • The British brought in gardeners from the Kew Gardens to help beautify the layout, and added the Glass House, based on the Crystal Palace, London.
    • This was also the man who accompanied the camp commandant to a children's home which was carefully beautified and decorated for the benefit of the delegation by drawings on the usually bare walls.
    • Druh Farrell, are working to reframe the project into an urban renewal by improving pedestrian access and beautifying the street.
    • The Beautifying Association has been hard at work beautifying the town centre with paving and plantings and developing McLean Park where you could stop for a picnic under the beautiful trees.
    • Billions of rupiah have been spent to beautify the National Monument Park and improve sidewalks in the center of town.
    • Regardless of what these paintings represent, they are almost always intended to beautify their site or the surrounding area.
    • For instance some people believe shoes and sandals remain unnoticed or that they are the last option required to beautify one's looks.
    • While the cleanliness of the parks has been raised to the highest level for the Habba, special plants are being used to beautify the entrances and stage areas.
    • Lawns, shrubs and decks require periodic treatment to beautify their appearance and enhance the beauty and value of your home.
    • Other cities such as Kitwe, Ndola and Livingstone would automatically follow suit and subsequently also beautify their territories too.
    • Experts have criticized this practice and said the ‘chop-head trees’ looked ugly and had little effect in beautifying the environment.
    • City folks are eagerly awaiting the proposed project to beautify the Putherikandam maidan adjacent to the Gandhi Park, which will add to the beauty of the Fort area.
    Synonyms
    adorn, embellish, enhance, decorate, ornament, garnish, gild, smarten, prettify, enrich, glamorize, spruce up, deck (out), trick out, grace
    informal get up, do up, do out, tart up
    prettify, glamorize, prink, primp, preen
    apply make-up/cosmetics
    informal do/doll oneself up

Derivatives

  • beautification

  • noun bjuːtɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌbjudəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
    mass noun
    • The action or process of improving the appearance of a person or place.

      the city commissioned the beautification of the tunnel with work by five artists
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Picturesque surroundings and marvellous weather provided the ideal setting in which to celebrate the beautification of the thirteen estates which took part in the competition.
      • There is nothing wrong with embellishment or beautification.
      • The consequence of this extension brings into question the public value and benefit of the proposed presumed beautification and civic enhancement.
  • beautifier

  • noun ˈbjuːtɪfʌɪə
    • Hence, Beach Day celebrations were the perfect excuse to honour them - even the lifeguards and beautifiers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The South Chennai Exnora had employed nine beach beautifiers to clean the beach every morning and night, he added.
      • Each person could also be understood not only relationally, but also in terms of beauty, as the beautifier, the beautiful, and as prime beauty.
      • The recyclable component, which includes plastics, metals and glass, is sold to scrap dealers by the ‘street beautifier’ whose income it augments by way of a bonus.
      • Beach beautifiers clean up the sands for two hours every morning and evening, but in the meantime, beach users litter the place.

Definition of beautify in US English:

beautify

verbˈbjudəˌfaɪˈbyo͞odəˌfī
[with object]
  • Improve the appearance of.

    使更加美丽,美化

    another initiative to beautify the environment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Its effort is particularly laudable, for it is aimed at conserving nature as also beautifying the city, without disturbing the natural surroundings.
    • City folks are eagerly awaiting the proposed project to beautify the Putherikandam maidan adjacent to the Gandhi Park, which will add to the beauty of the Fort area.
    • Lawns, shrubs and decks require periodic treatment to beautify their appearance and enhance the beauty and value of your home.
    • Experts have criticized this practice and said the ‘chop-head trees’ looked ugly and had little effect in beautifying the environment.
    • The British brought in gardeners from the Kew Gardens to help beautify the layout, and added the Glass House, based on the Crystal Palace, London.
    • The head of the IOC recently suggested that the Greeks stop worrying about beautifying the city and concentrate on completing the big construction and transport projects.
    • Cosmetics companies pay a lot of attention to developing products to beautify eyes, such as mascara, eye shadow, eye liner and eyecare creams.
    • Regardless of what these paintings represent, they are almost always intended to beautify their site or the surrounding area.
    • This was also the man who accompanied the camp commandant to a children's home which was carefully beautified and decorated for the benefit of the delegation by drawings on the usually bare walls.
    • Other cities such as Kitwe, Ndola and Livingstone would automatically follow suit and subsequently also beautify their territories too.
    • He was angry over the idea of Vermont spending $50,000 on rock chipping to beautify a stone formation after a road was cut through it.
    • Beauty salons are polluting the water as they beautify people's appearance.
    • For instance some people believe shoes and sandals remain unnoticed or that they are the last option required to beautify one's looks.
    • The hundreds of chemicals used by farmers to control pests, improve production and beautify fruit and vegetables leave residues that end up on our tables.
    • Druh Farrell, are working to reframe the project into an urban renewal by improving pedestrian access and beautifying the street.
    • The Beautifying Association has been hard at work beautifying the town centre with paving and plantings and developing McLean Park where you could stop for a picnic under the beautiful trees.
    • Billions of rupiah have been spent to beautify the National Monument Park and improve sidewalks in the center of town.
    • While the cleanliness of the parks has been raised to the highest level for the Habba, special plants are being used to beautify the entrances and stage areas.
    • The Japanese donation will support a Kathmandu Metropolitan City project to improve the environment and beautify the site.
    • Only a few short years ago this handsome Boucherville buck was working as a welder, building the structures that hold all that cute billboard advertising you see beautifying our city and its surrounding highways.
    Synonyms
    adorn, embellish, enhance, decorate, ornament, garnish, gild, smarten, prettify, enrich, glamorize, spruce up, deck, deck out, trick out, grace
    prettify, glamorize, prink, primp, preen
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