中英之鉴 中式英语之鉴4

　　[误] This article has yet to be adorned.

　　[正] This article has yet to be polished.

　　adorn: to make sth/sb look more attractive by decorating it or them with sth 装饰;使生色

　　The hall was adorned with flowers.

　　大厅装饰着鲜花。

　　polish: to improve a piece of writing, a speech etc by making slight changes to it before it is completely finished 使优美,使精炼;润饰

　　The speaker spent several days polishing her lecture.

　　演讲者花了几天时间润饰她的演讲稿。

　　注：adorn 的意思是“修饰，装饰，打扮”不能用于文章、作品的“润色”。polish 的意思是“擦亮(机器)，抛光(器具)，使......优美，使(语言、文字)洗练，润饰(文章，作品)。