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Something gold-plated is not solid gold. It is another metal — often cheaper — with a thin layer of gold on the outside.
Something gold-plated鍍金的東西 is not solid gold不是純金 It is another metal它是另一種金屬 often cheaper通常比較便宜 with a thin layer of gold on the outside外面鍍了一層薄薄的金
, taps, and old watches are sometimes gold-plated so they look expensive. Shops and product labels use it in a straight, factual way. The gold can wear off with time, which solid gold does not.
Earrings, taps, and old watches耳環、水龍頭，和舊手錶 are sometimes gold-plated有時候會鍍金 so they look expensive好讓它們看起來很貴 Shops and product labels店家和商品標籤 use it使用這個字 in a straight, factual way用一種直接、客觀的方式 The gold can wear off with time金層會隨時間磨損掉 which solid gold does not純金則不會這樣
Though actually, people also stretch it: a gold-plated pension or plan means extra-rich, more than you strictly need, as if it had gold on top. That second use lives in news and office talk.
Though actually不過其實 people also stretch it人們也會把這個字延伸使用 a gold-plated pension or plan像gold-plated pension（豪華退休金）或gold-plated plan（過度優渥的方案） means extra-rich意思是格外豐厚 more than you strictly need超過你真正需要的 as if it had gold on top好像上面還鍍了金一樣 That second use這第二種用法 lives in news and office talk出現在新聞和辦公室談話裡
For the thing you can hold, gold-plated still means the thin coat, not a full-gold piece.
For the thing you can hold對於實際拿在手上的東西來說 gold-plated still means鍍金這個字仍然是指 the thin coat那薄薄一層鍍層 not a full-gold piece而不是整件純金
組成gold + plated: covered with a thin coat of gold.
同家族的字
- plateas a verb: to cover metal with a thin layer of another metal
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
gold-platedadj/ˌɡəʊldˈpleɪtɪd/
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Having a thin layer of gold applied to the surface, often by electrolysis.
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Of a project, system, etc., incorporating costly or otherwise excessive features or refinements unnecessarily; overengineered.
- One often hears of gold plated designs with reference to our engineers lack of concern for cost.
- We have to do enough that works. Not a gold-plated program, but a solid one
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Of a law, regulation, etc., embellished to excess, especially so as to be stifling, or rigid and inflexible.
- Has society introduced swathes of new gold-plated regulations?
- The UK has this gold-plated approach, is that beneficial to the UK in terms of the rest of Europe and in terms of the business and the employees? Do we benefit to a greater degree by adopting such an approach
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資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。