sugar-coat
/ˈʃʊgəkəʊt/verb
with obj.
1- coat (an item of food) with sugar给（食物）裹糖衣：
as adj. sugar-coated sugar-coated almonds裹了糖衣的杏仁。
1.1
- make superficially attractive or acceptable使表面上有吸引力; 使易于接受：
you won't see him sugar-coat the truth.
你是不愿看到他美化事实的。
1.2
- make excessively sentimental过分言情; 使过度情感化：
the film-makers' proficiency is overpowered by their tendency to sugar-coat the material.
电影摄制者的水平被他们过度言情的倾向掩盖了。