"sugar coated" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 加糖的
• 粉飾的

Definition

「加糖的」可以是字面上被糖包裹，也可以指把真相說得更好聽、更溫和。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於比喻，指用“好聽話”粉飾真相。常見用法有“加糖的話語”、“加糖的事實”，與直接、坦率表達相反。可用於建議、評論等語境。

Examples

The candy is sugar coated.

這顆糖果是**加糖的**。

He gave me a sugar coated answer.

他給了我一個**粉飾的**答案。

The news was sugar coated to make everyone feel better.

這個消息被**粉飾**了，讓大家心情好一些。

Don't give me that sugar coated stuff—just tell me the truth.

別跟我說那些**好聽的話**，直接告訴我真相。

Her comments were far from sugar coated—she was brutally honest.

她的話一點都不**粉飾**，非常直接。

Sometimes bad news can't be sugar coated.

有時候壞消息沒辦法**粉飾**。