aggrandize

[ə'grændaiz]

vt. 增加, 夸大, 提高
=aggrandise(英)

词形变化

名词: aggrandizement | 动词过去式: aggrandized | 动词过去分词: aggrandized | 动词现在分词: aggrandizing | 动词第三人称单数: aggrandizes |

词义辨析

同义:

v.扩展, 延展

increase  enlarge  make larger  make bigger  make greater  greaten  widen  thicken  broaden  lengthen  elongate  prolong  prolongate  protract  distend  inflate  swell  bloat  puff out  blow up  extend  puff up

v.增加, 翻倍, 堆积

augment  supplement  add to  superadd to  accrue  accumulate  cumulate amass  pile up  heap up  multiply  double  redouble  treble  triple  quadruple

v.扩大, 加速, 强化

magnify  amplify  enhance  enrich  deepen  heighten  escalate  step up  hop up  accelerate  snowball  mushroom  intensify  strengthen  reinforce  exaggerate  maximize  concentrate  overstate

v.提高, 使……高尚

promote  advance  prefer  upgrade  boost  exalt  elevate  ennoble dignify  honour  worship  crown  glorify  romanticize  glamorize  exaggerate  

同义参见:

dignify  

英英释义

动词 aggrandize:

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同义词：embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise

补充

aggrandizeaggrandize英:[əˈɡrændaiz] 美:[əˈɡrænˌdaɪz, ˈæɡrən-]v.1.增加,夸大

例句

1. In 1864 they set about alterations to aggrandize the building.1864年, 他们开始对这座建筑进行扩建改造。 2. At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandizing himself.晚餐时我父亲总会说个没完, 不停地炫耀和自我吹嘘。 3. Duncan was inclined to aggrandize his own discomfort and diminish others.邓肯常常会夸大自己的不如意, 对别人的不如意轻描淡写。 4. to aggrandize oneself at the expense of others损人利己 5. She often aggrandizes herself and disparages her colleagues.她经常吹嘘自己而贬低同事。 6. an action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty.为增强法兰克王朝势力的行动。 7. he hoped to aggrandize himself by dying a hero's death.他想通过英勇的死亡提高自己的声名。