把東西搓成好看的樣子
同樣是那雙手在慢慢搓，只是搓的對象換成數字或別人的心情：東西還是原來那些，被揉過之後看起來比較順眼。
massage the figures · verb · B2
to change official numbers or information so they seem better than they really are — used when the speaker disapproves.
美化；篡改（數字）
核心畫面
One way to hold it: hands working on a stiff shoulder — pressing, rubbing, kneading until the muscle gives. Nothing is added or taken away; the same material is just worked until it feels better. English lends that gentle-but-persistent working to numbers and to people's pride.
可以想成一雙手在僵硬的肩膀上工作：按、揉、推，直到肌肉鬆開。東西沒有增加也沒有減少，只是被反覆搓揉到變得舒服一點。英…更多收起
可以想成一雙手在僵硬的肩膀上工作：按、揉、推，直到肌肉鬆開。東西沒有增加也沒有減少，只是被反覆搓揉到變得舒服一點。英文把這種「不動聲色、慢慢搓」的手法借去講兩件事：搓數字，和搓別人的自尊。From the picture
Also in this word
body massage · noun · A2
The act of pressing and rubbing someone's body to help them relax or feel less pain.
按摩
rub/massage · verb · A2
to press and rub someone's body with your hands to help them relax or ease muscle pain; also to rub cream gently into the skin.
按摩；揉擦
原始詞典資料6 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。
massagenoun/ˈmæsɑː(d)ʒ/
- 1
The action of rubbing, kneading or hitting someone's body, to help the person relax, prepare for muscular action (as in contact sports) or to relieve aches.
- Having a massage can have many beneficial effects.
- During the long lapses in work common with on-location productions, Marilyn would silently meditate as Roberts provided a shoulder massage.
- 2
The action of rubbing or kneading anything.
- The baker gave the dough one final massage.
massageverb/ˈmæsɑː(d)ʒ/
- 1
To rub and knead (someone's body or body part), to perform a massage on (somebody).
- My neck doesn't hurt as much as it did last night since my wife massaged me after I got back from the concert.
- So after massaging a nude woman while being nude or nearly nude myself, sex is a natural way to end things.
- 2
To rub or knead anything.
- Massage the kale to soften it before making the salad.
- 3
To manipulate (data, a document etc.) to make it more presentable or more convenient to work with.
- News relating to public disturbances was systematically massaged [...].
- The Conservatives have massaged expectations down by saying they would be delighted with a majority of 1,000 […]
- 4
To falsify (data or accounts).
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。