aggrandize

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make great; to enlarge; to increase. transitive
    — to aggrandize one's authority, distress
  2. To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.). transitive
    — […] the aggrandizing of your estate by well managed fortune […] may well set out your praises to the world […]
  3. To make appear great or greater; to exalt. formal,transitive
    — aggrandize one's accomplishments and downplay others'
  4. To increase or become great. intransitive,rare
    — 1946, Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality, Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Volume 2, Washington: United States Government Printing Office, p. 317, The generals, like Hitler, wanted Germany to aggrandize at the expense of neighboring countries, and to do so if necessary by force or threat of force.

词形变化

aggrandizes present,singular,third-person aggrandizing participle,present aggrandized participle,past aggrandized past aggrandise alternative

词汇关系

近义词
advance aggrandize dignify elevate ennoble exalt honor nobilitate prefer promote raise uplift
反义词
demean
上位词
ameliorate empower increase upgrade
下位词
beknight belord invest knight lord
衍生词
aggrandizable aggrandization aggrandizement aggrandizer overaggrandize self-aggrandize self-aggrandizement self-aggrandizing unaggrandized unaggrandizing
相关词
engrandize ingrandize

词源

From French agrandir. By surface analysis, ag- + grand + -ize.
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