释义
v.
cover thinly with gold
把…镀金。
give a specious or false brilliance to
为…增添表面（或虚假）光荣
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the useless martyrs' deaths of the pilots gilded the operation .那些飞行员无谓的殉难给这次行动披上了光荣的外衣。
n.
archaic spelling of
〈古〉 同
短语
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gild the lily try to improve what is already beautiful or excellent 锦上添花 -
［ORIGIN misquotation, from ‘To gild refined gold, to paint the lily; to throw perfume on the violet, ... is wasteful, and ridiculous excess'（Shakespeare's
King John vi ii. 11.）．］
词源
"Old English