burnish (vt)
1.奠定
Has Bush chosen the wrong issue to burnish his legacy? 布希是否選錯了奠定自己歷史地位的議題？
2.提升
3.提高
The city is keen to burnish its international reputation with its latest hippest urban scheme. 這座城市急於以它最新、最現代的都市計劃提高它的國際聲望。
4.擦亮
5.挽救
The plan was to burnish their public image. 這個計劃是為了挽救他們的公共形象。
6.樹立新
But for all the image burnishing, few genuinely charismatic leaders have emerged in Koizumi’s wake. 但儘管這一切樹立新形象的動作，小全之後所出現的具有真正群眾魅力的領袖很少。
7.維護
The military also burnished its legitimacy in another way, claiming to be the only force that could keep the country together. 軍方也用另種方法維護其正當性，聲稱自己是唯一能保持國家完整的力量。
2.提升
He is trying to burnish his image. 他想提升自己的形象。She has taken pains to burnish her foreign-policy credentials.
她一直極力要提升自己的外交歷練。
Last year he took a second stab at burnishing his literary credentials. 去年他再度嘗試提升自己的寫作資歷。
3.提高
The city is keen to burnish its international reputation with its latest hippest urban scheme. 這座城市急於以它最新、最現代的都市計劃提高它的國際聲望。
4.擦亮
That reputation was burnished by bin Laden himself. 那個招牌是賓拉登本人擦亮的。
5.挽救
The plan was to burnish their public image. 這個計劃是為了挽救他們的公共形象。
6.樹立新
But for all the image burnishing, few genuinely charismatic leaders have emerged in Koizumi’s wake. 但儘管這一切樹立新形象的動作，小全之後所出現的具有真正群眾魅力的領袖很少。
7.維護
The military also burnished its legitimacy in another way, claiming to be the only force that could keep the country together. 軍方也用另種方法維護其正當性，聲稱自己是唯一能保持國家完整的力量。
資料來源：京文出版社【系列四】高階英漢翻譯詞典
資料來源：京文出版社https://www.gainwind.com.tw/
