"Candy-coat" nghĩa là gì?
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"Candy-coat" = bọc kẹo bên ngoài -> nghĩa là cố tình nói giảm nói tránh để mọi thứ bớt nghiêm trọng hơn.
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The reality of what’s happening in Ukraine is defying (thách thức) Putin’s efforts to suppress or candy-coat it, and the Russian people are balking at the atrocities (tàn bạo) being committed in their name and the damage the backlash is already doing to their economy.
Boundary County School Board officials presented a worst case scenario (tình huống xấu nhất) for Valley View Elementary if the bond does not pass at the Tuesday, Feb. 15 city council meeting. “Valley View is 74 years old. You cannot candy coat that,” said BCSD Trustee Teresa Rae.
Well, the fact of my existence is evidence (bằng chứng) of this disease, and I’m not going to candy coat that for people.
The trial judge stated that (Dove’s) evidence was not only not credible (đáng tin), it ‘didn’t make sense’ in light of all the circumstances (tình huống). He also explained that he found the boyfriend a ‘forthright’ witness who did not ‘candy coat’ his testimony (chứng cớ),” Knickle wrote.
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