| 词组 | polish |
| 释义 | polish [polished, polished, polishing] polish off informal 1. polish off sth • polish sth off to finish food, drink, or work, quickly and easily: ▪ When I got home, Mrs Marsh had polished off half the biscuits in the tin. ▪ It didn't take me long to polish off the shopping at the local supermarket. 2. polish off sb informal to defeat another person or team in a game, election etc: ▪ Steffi Graff polished off Venus Williams, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑beat, defeat polish up 1. polish up sth • polish sth up to improve your knowledge of something, or something that you do, by practising it or working at it: ▪ I started going to evening classes to polish up my French. polish up your act (=improve how you do something) ▪ A sixteen-year old street musician from Oxford has polished up his act and won a national jazz competition. ■ SIMILAR TO: brush up 2. polish up sth • polish sth up to rub an object with a piece of cloth in order to make it shine: ▪ Put a clean shirt on and polish up those shoes - make yourself look respectable. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑polish 3. polish up your image/reputation to make an effort to improve the way you seem to other people so that they will have a better opinion of you: ▪ The government was trying to polish up its image after a year of negative publicity in 1995. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑clean up |
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