English Dictionary

gold plate

verb

To apply gold plate to an object, to plate with gold. / (of projects) To incorporate costly or otherwise excessive features or refinements unnecessarily, to overengineer.

He decided to gold plate his watch to make it more luxurious.

意味（1）

To apply gold plate to an object, to plate with gold.

意味（2）

(of projects) To incorporate costly or otherwise excessive features or refinements unnecessarily, to overengineer.

Some communities gold-plate their subdivision ordinances because they know that developers, rather than the local voters, are paying.

意味（3）

(of laws, regulations, etc) To embellish, to extend beyond its intended scope, especially so as to become stifling, or rigid and inflexible.

I do not think that we gold plate European regulations although I think others, insurers and other industry bodies, may gold plate on our behalf.