[měi huà]

beautify the environment
美化環(huán)境

beautify life by art
用藝術(shù)美化生活

try hard to prettify oneself
竭力美化自己

Accounts of this series of battles have often been prettified.
有關(guān)這一連串的戰(zhàn)役的敘述常常被加以美化。