Something is already finished and already works. Then someone adds an extra layer on top of it, for no reason except that it looks better that way: gold thread on a plain dress, an extra note in a tune, an extra detail in a story. Take the layer off and the thing underneath is unchanged — which is why it is a pleasure on a dress, and a problem on the truth.
From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary etymology gives Middle English embelishen, from Old French embellir, from em- + bel 'beautiful'. The word literally means to make beautiful, and the sense about stories is the same act turned on what someone says.
來源記錄字源是中古英文 embelishen，來自古法文 embellir，由 em-（使…變成）加 bel（美）組成。字面上就是「弄漂亮」。用在故事上的那個意思，是同一個動作轉向了人說出口的話。
Wiktionary etymology supplied in packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:39710779)
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