gild the lily

听听怎么读

[gɪld ðə ˈlili]

是什么意思

画蛇添足；作多余的修饰（反而破坏原已完美的东西），画蛇添足；

英英释义

gild the lily

v.
- adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful)
  同义词：paint the lily
- make unnecessary additions to what is already complete
  同义词：paint the lily

学习怎么用

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

For such a beautiful girl, to use make-up would be to gild the lily.
对一个这样漂亮的女孩来说，化妆有些画蛇添足。

权威例句

Gild the lily
Gilding the Lily: A Variant of the Nelder-Mead Algorithm Based on Golden-Section Search
Gilding the Lily: A Variant of the Nelder-Mead Algorithm Based on Golden-Section Search
Using Monte Carlo analysis to quantify uncertainty in ecological risk assessment: Are we gilding the lily or bronzing the dandelion?
Gilding the Lily? International Support for Indigenous and Traditional Peacebuilding
Gilding the Lily? International Support for Indigenous and Traditional Peacebuilding
How healthy is the world?Commentary: Gilding the global lily
Gilding the Lily (Maid): Elaine of Astolat
Genome watch: Bacterial GWAS: not just gilding the lily
Teaching with textbooks in undergraduate geography courses: guilt, gilt or gilding the lily?

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