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- involving or relating to treatment intended to restore or improve a person's appearance整容的：
cosmetic surgery.
整容外科。
1.1
- designed or serving to improve the appearance of the body, especially the face化妆用的; 美容的：
lens designs can improve the cosmetic effect of your glasses.
镜片的设计可提高眼镜的美感。
1.2
- affecting only the appearance of something rather than its substance装饰性的; 表面的; 非实质性的：
the reform package was merely a cosmetic exercise.
一揽子改革方案只是做做样子而已。
(一般作cosmetics)
- a product applied to the body, especially the face, to improve its appearance化妆品, 美容品。
派生词
cosmetically
adverb词源
early 17th cent. (as a noun denoting the art of beautifying the body)： from French cosmétique, from Greek kosmētikos, from kosmein 'arrange or adorn', from kosmos 'order or adornment'.