If something is resplendent, it is so bright, rich, or well dressed that people stop and look. A person can be resplendent in a gold dress; a temple can be resplendent with lanterns; a bird can be resplendent in red and green feathers.

If something is resplendent如果一個東西是resplendent的，it is so bright, rich, or well dressed就是說它亮眼、華麗，或打扮得很講究，that people stop and look讓人忍不住停下來看。A person can be resplendent in a gold dress一個人可以穿著金色禮服顯得resplendent；a temple can be resplendent with lanterns一座廟可以掛滿燈籠顯得resplendent；a bird can be resplendent in red and green feathers一隻鳥可以有紅綠交織的羽毛顯得resplendent。

The word carries a little theatre: it is not the everyday word for pretty. Beautiful is the simple word; resplendent is the one you reach for when the scene shines.

The word carries a little theatre這個字帶著一點戲劇效果：it is not the everyday word for pretty它不是形容漂亮時常用的那個字。Beautiful is the simple wordBeautiful是比較平常的字；resplendent is the one you reach for when the scene shinesresplendent則是當畫面閃閃發光時，你會伸手去用的那個字。

It is more at home in stories, news about ceremonies, and careful description than in a text to a friend. Though actually, it does not have to mean expensive — sunlight on wet leaves can be resplendent too — but it always means striking to the eye, not merely “quite nice.”

It is more at home in stories, news about ceremonies, and careful description它比較常出現在故事、典禮新聞，還有講究的描寫裡，than in a text to a friend而不是傳給朋友的訊息裡。Though actually不過其實，it does not have to mean expensive它不一定要跟昂貴有關——sunlight on wet leaves can be resplendent too陽光照在濕葉子上也可以是resplendent——but it always means striking to the eye但它一定是指視覺上很搶眼，not merely "quite nice."而不只是「還不錯」而已。