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sugar-coated

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˌsugar-ˈcoated adjective  1 DFcovered with sugar 裹糖的,包有糖衣的 sugar-coated cereals 裹糖的谷类食品2 BETTERused to describe something that is made to seem better than it really is 经美化的,巧加粉饰的5A lot of the information is sugar-coated to stop people worrying about climate change.许多消息都被粉饰了,以免人们担心气候变化。
Examples from the Corpus
sugar-coatedThe 28 Fluanxol pills are pink, round and sugar-coated and were in foiled paper in a cardboard box.The movie offers a sugar-coated view of lower middle-class life.
ˌsugar-ˈcoated adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus with sugar covered


sugar-coated
ˌsugar-ˈcoated adjective
1. covered with sugar:
    sugar-coated cereals
2. used to describe something that is made to seem better than it really is


sugar-coatedBrE /ˌʃʊɡə ˈkəʊtɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌʃʊɡər ˈkoʊtɪd/ 🔊 adjectivecovered with sugar 裹有糖的;包糖衣的(disapproving) made to seem attractive, in a way that tricks people 巧加粉饰的;使表面吸引人的a sugar-coated promise甜言蜜语的许诺