| Change log entry 38141 | |
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| Processed by: | ycandau (2011-11-06 20:14:20 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 36899 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> This definition was intended to circumvent the editors' decision *not* to group the various senses of a word in CEDICT entries. It appears to be based on a source similar to ABC, which says ①repair and maintain ②prune; trim and proceeds on the assumption that there are two separate senses -- one which is about doing repairs, and another which is about cutting Nciku, similarly, has this dichotomy: 1. restore and maintain; repair and preserve 2. cut; prune; clip; trim Also, zdic: (1) [repair and maintain] (2) [trim;prune] Again, it's a case of lazy dictionary compilers "sprucing up" others' definitions rather than writing a more useful definition from scratch. "repair and maintain" would have been better than our "repair or maintain" --- it's misleading to suggest that 修整 could mean "to repair (a broken TV)." How do we interpret 把脸修整 in a sentence like this? 如今你把脸修整好了，同过去相比，看上去清秀得要命。 ("repair and maintain one's face"? "trim one's face"? "prune one's face"?) In fact, I think there is just *one* sense, which translates in various ways in different contexts -- "to make minor (cosmetic) adjustments to ensure that something is (kept) in the desired condition" spruce up ~ 这座庙宇经过修整已面目全非了。 为庆祝节日，市容已修整一新。 那幢房屋要修整一下。 修整过的家具、 皮革 finish (a rough surface) ~ 粗糙的砍没有修整表面 tend a garden 修整花园 touch up a photo 摄影师对她的照片作了修整 groom (not "trim"!) one's hair 用来修整人发的刷子 You could extend the definition even further to cover other contexts, but the half-dozen I have given should be enough to convey the gist -- plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. |
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- 修整 修整 [xiu1 zheng3] /to repair or maintain/to prune or trim/ # + 修整 修整 [xiu1 zheng3] /to tend (a garden)/to groom (one's hair)/to finish (a rough surface)/to trim (a lawn)/to touch up (a photo)/to spruce up/ + 修整 修整 [xiu1 zheng3] /to spruce up/to renovate/to tend (a garden)/to groom (one's hair)/to finish (a rough surface)/to trim (a lawn)/to touch up (a photo)/ |