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外刊例句
- But anyone with a passing interest in business news will know that for all of Shanghai’s glistening modernity, its markets are still in their infancy.
但只要对商业新闻稍有关注的人都会知道，这一切光鲜的现代表象之下，上海的市场仍处于起步阶段。
——《经济学人》 - To be sure, India has achieved enviable success in business services, like the glistening call centers in Bangalore and elsewhere.
当然，印度在商务服务方面已经取得了令人艳羡的成就，比如班加罗尔等地熠熠生辉的客户呼叫中心。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] (of something wet or greasy) shine; glitter
[动词] （指湿的或油性的东西）发亮；闪闪发光
深入解读
Glisten 一词比较好记，就是在熟词 listen 前面多加一个字母 G 。该词源自古英语 glisnian （闪光、闪烁），现在也是用来表示“闪光、闪亮”，主要指湿的、油性的、光滑的或擦亮的东西表面因反光而柔软光亮地闪闪发光，比如：
- 他闪亮的凝视目光传神地表达了他的恳求。
His glistening gaze was eloquent in its plea. - 那个沉默寡言的女孩靠着船上的护栏，凝望大海。平静的海面在阳光下波光粼粼。
The reticent girl leaned on the ship's rail and gazed out to sea. The calm sea glistened in the sunlight.
而出自莎士比亚剧作《威尼斯商人》（The Merchant of Venice）的格言“all that glistens is not gold”（现在也常作“all that glitters is not gold”）则是用来表示“闪闪发光的未必都是金子、中看未必中用”，即并非所有看起好的、有吸引力的东西都是好的。
名著用例
The glass case in which the sword of Godric Gryffindor resided gleamed white and opaque, the fragments of the instruments Harry had thrown to the floor glistened like raindrops, and behind him, the baby Fawkes made soft chirruping noises in his nest of ashes.
装有戈德里克格兰芬多的宝剑的玻璃容器隐约闪烁出朦胧的白光，被哈利摔在地上的银器碎片如雨滴一般闪耀着光芒，在他身后，那只凤凰的雏鸟在自己铺满灰烬的窝巢里呢喃。
出自英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第五本《哈利·波特与凤凰社》（Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix）。
同近义词
- glitter: shine with a bright, shimmering reflected light
- sparkle: shine brightly with flashes of light
- twinkle: (of a star or light, or a shiny object) shine with a gleam that varies repeatedly between bright and faint
