aggrandize

英 [əˈgrændaɪz]

美 [əˈgrænˌdaɪz]

v.  吹捧，夸大(财富、权力或地位); 使(建筑)更宏伟

现在分词：aggrandizing　过去式：aggrandized　第三人称单数：aggrandizes　过去分词：aggrandized　

GRE

COCA.38797

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 aggrandise


• VERB 吹捧;抬高（地位）；使…更辉煌
  Toaggrandizesomeone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. Toaggrandizea building means to make it more impressive.
  1. At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandising himself...
     我父亲在餐桌上总是滔滔不绝地炫耀并吹嘘自己。
  2. ...plans to aggrandise the building.
     扩充该大楼的计划

英英释义

verb

• add details to
  Synonym:embroiderpadlardembellishaggrandiseblow updramatizedramatise

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