decorate

英 ['dekəreɪt] 美 ['dekəreɪt]

• v. 装饰；布置；装修；授予某人奖章或其他奖状

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 装饰

   provide with sth ornamental, especially for a special occasion

2. vt. 装修,粉刷,油漆

   paint or put a surface covering on the walls or the outside of a house

3. vt. 授以勋章

   give sb an official mark of honour, such as a medal

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 粉刷
2. 油漆
3. 装饰
4. 布置
5. 修饰
6. 授勋（章）给
7. 把（勋章）授给
8. 授勋给
9. 收拾一下房间
10. 授勋
11. 获奖
12. 给…奖章
13. 缀着
14. 点缀着
15. 装潢
16. 授给（某人）勋章
17. 糊墙纸
18. 点缀
19. 装点
20. 陈设
21. 设计
22. 上油漆于
23. 装修

英英释义

Verb:

1. make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;

   "Decorate the room for the party"
   "beautify yourself for the special day"
   

2. be beautiful to look at;

   "Flowers adorned the tables everywhere"
   

3. award a mark of honor, such as a medal, to;

   "He was decorated for his services in the military"
   

4. provide with decoration;

   "dress the windows"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. We decorated the house for Christmas.
   我们装饰房屋过圣诞节。
2. My mother likes to decorate rooms.
   我妈妈非常喜欢装饰房间。
3. I'll bring some balloons to decorate.
   我要带些气球去装饰装饰。
4. May I help you decorate the room?
   我可以帮你装饰布置房间吗？
5. It's necessary to decorate the classroom.
   有必要装修这间教室。
6. The house was empty and easy to decorate.
   房子是空的，装修起来很容易。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. My mother likes to decorate rooms.
   我妈妈非常喜欢装饰房间。
2. They will discuss how to decorate the apartment .
   他们将讨论怎样布置房间。
3. We decorated the Christmas tree.
   我们装饰了圣诞树。
4. It's necessary to decorate the classroom.
   有必要装饰这间教室。
5. After the house is built, how much will it cost to decorate it?
   这栋房子建好后,装饰要花多少钱?
6. The pictures decorate the walls very well.
   那些画把墙壁装饰得很好看。
7. The Queen decorated the soldier.
   女王授予士兵勋章。
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8. The room was elaborately decorated.
   这房间布置考究。
9. The building has been decorated.
   房屋已装修完毕。
10. The room was decorated in the traditional style.
    这房间是按照传统风格装饰的。
11. Several soldiers were decorated.
    数名士兵受了奖。
12. He was decorated in the war.
    他在这场战斗中被授予勋位。

经典引文

• War and plunder were decorated by poetry as the honourable occupation of heroic natures.

  出自： J. A. Froude

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

decorate for (v.+prep.)

因…而授予(某人)勋章 honour (sb) with a medal for (a good or brave deed or doing sth good or brave)
decorate sb for sth/v-ing
The Queen decorated the young soldier for courage in the face of the enemy.

女王因这位年轻的战士在敌人面前表现勇敢而授予他勋章。
The president decorated five soldiers for extraordinary bravery in battle.

总统给在战争中表现异常勇敢的五位战士授勋。
Teacher decorated me for excellent student .

老师授予我“优秀学生”的称号。
The girl was decorated for saving the child from drowning.

这位姑娘因抢救溺水儿童而被授予勋章。
These soldiers were decorated for bravery.

这些士兵因英勇而受奖。
A number of airmen were decorated for their distinguished services.

许多飞行员由于功勋卓著而获得奖章。
The young soldier was decorated for the Military Cross.

这位年轻战士被奖以十字勋章。

decorate with (v.+prep.)

用…装饰(某物、某处) ornament (sth) with (pretty things)
decorate sb/sth with sth
The little girl decorated her hair with flowers.

这小女孩头插鲜花来打扮自己。
We decorated the Christmas tree with glass balls and lights.

我们用玻璃球和电灯来装饰圣诞树。
We decorated our car with ribbon.

我们在汽车上挂满了绸缎。
At Christmas we decorated the living rooms with coloured paper and lights.

圣诞节期间我们用彩纸和彩灯把起居室装饰了起来。
We decided to decorate the bedroom with blue paint and a gold paper.

我们决定用蓝漆和一种金色纸装饰卧室。
You need decorate your mind with virtue.

你应该用德行美化心灵。
Their classroom is decorated with portraits of scientists.

他们的教室挂了几幅科学家的肖像。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• decorate a building 装饰大楼
• decorate a city 美化城市
• decorate a flat 布置房间
• decorate hall 布置大厅
• decorate a school 装饰学校
• decorate a shop-window 布置商店橱窗
• decorate soldiers 授予士兵勋章
• decorate a street 美化街道

～+副词

• decorate beautifully 打扮得漂漂亮亮
• decorate elaborately 装饰考究
• decorate formally 正式地装饰
• decorate lavishly 挂满
• decorate magnificently 精心地装饰
• decorate richly 装饰豪华

～+介词

• decorate after 按照…装饰
• decorate after the traditional style 按照传统风格装饰
• decorate for 因…而颁奖
• decorate in the traditional style 按照传统风格装饰
• decorate with 用…装饰
• decorate with flags 以旗帜装饰

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. decorate的基本意思是“装饰”,指增加色彩或图案设计以消除背景的平淡或单调,也可表示粉刷房屋,在房屋外侧涂灰泥或油漆,在房屋内侧涂油漆或糊墙纸。引申可表示“授予殊荣”,如奖章、勋位等。
2. decorate是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
3. decorate后可接介词for表示“因…而授予”,接介词with表示“用…装饰”“以…授予”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

decorate, adorn, furnish, garnish, ornament

• 这组词都有“修饰”“装饰”的意思,其区别是：
• adorn是书面语,含有更高雅的意味,可用于人,也可用于物,有时含不仅因装饰而使其美丽悦目,而且被装饰物本身也高雅美观的意味。用于借喻可指增加性格或道德的美。decorate指装饰较大规模的地方或物体,使其外观美丽动人或炫耀夺目,目的是为了美化或庆祝,也可指为人授勋颁奖。ornament指用一种东西使事物、环境增添色彩而令人愉快,强调“永久性”。furnish一般指用家具装饰房间。garnish一般用于烹饪,偶尔也可用于贵人的服饰。

decorate，ornament

• 这两个动词均含“装饰”之意。
• decorate普通用词，指对人或物进行装饰，使之更加完美。
• ornament指装饰以精美之物，使某处或某物增添美丽的景色。

近反义词

【近义词】

• adorn 装饰
• beautify 美化
• ornament 装饰
• embellish 美化、装饰或修饰...
• paint 油漆
• trim 修剪
• fix up 安排
• deck 甲板
• dress 服装
• smarten up 变得漂亮
• do up 修缮 打扮 使整洁,精疲...
• spruce 赤松
• honor 荣誉
• award 奖品
• recognize 承认
• acknowledge 承认
• honour 荣誉
• crown 王冠
• embroider 刺绣
• lace 鞋带
• garnish 装饰
• fix 使 ... 固定
• up 向上
• grace 优美