2N-UNCOUNT 虚假的外表;假象;虚饰Gloss is an appearance of attractiveness or good quality which sometimes hides less attractive features or poor quality. 虚假的外表;假象;虚饰
Television commercials might seem more professional but beware of mistaking the gloss for the content.
电视广告看上去或许更加专业,但要当心,不要把表象误以为真。
3N-SING 粉饰;掩饰 If you put a gloss on a bad situation, you try to make it seem more attractive or acceptable by giving people a false explanation or interpretation of it. 粉饰;掩饰
He used his diary to put a fine gloss on the horrors the regime perpetrated. [+ on]