区别辨析decorate与ornament

decorate与ornament这两个动词均含“装饰”之意。

decorate : 普通用词,指对人或物进行装饰,使之更加完美。

  • They decorated the wedding car with ribbons and flowers.
    他们用彩带和鲜花装点婚车。
  • The cake was decorated to look like a car.
    这蛋糕装饰得像一辆汽车。

ornament : 指装饰以精美之物,使某处或某物增添美丽的或景色。

  • She ornamented her letters with little drawings in the margin.
    她在信的页边空白处画上小图案来作装饰。
  • a room richly ornamented with carving
    雕饰得富丽堂皇的屋子