sugar-coat
verb🔊/ˈʃʊɡə kəʊt/
🔊/ˈʃʊɡər kəʊt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sugar-coat | 🔊/ˈʃʊɡə kəʊt/ 🔊/ˈʃʊɡər kəʊt/ |
| he / she / it sugar-coats | 🔊/ˈʃʊɡə kəʊts/ 🔊/ˈʃʊɡər kəʊts/ |
| past simple sugar-coated | 🔊/ˌʃʊɡə ˈkəʊtɪd/ 🔊/ˌʃʊɡər ˈkəʊtɪd/ |
| past participle sugar-coated | 🔊/ˌʃʊɡə ˈkəʊtɪd/ 🔊/ˌʃʊɡər ˈkəʊtɪd/ |
| -ing form sugar-coating | 🔊/ˈʃʊɡə kəʊtɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈʃʊɡər kəʊtɪŋ/ |
- sugar-coat something
to do something that makes an unpleasant situation seem less unpleasant 美化，粉饰（不愉快的情况） There’s no way of sugar-coating it—the report predicts a grim future for the industry. 没有任何办法可以解决问题—该报告预测了该行业的严峻前景。