Elevate

['elɪveɪt] or ['ɛlɪvet]

解释:

(a.) Elevated; raised aloft.

(v. t.) To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

(v. t.) To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

(v. t.) To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

(v. t.) To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

(v. t.) To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

(v. t.) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

(v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

卡门录入

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Raise, lift, lift up.[2]. Exalt, promote.[3]. Improve, dignify, ennoble, refine.[4]. Animate, elate, cheer, exhilarate, excite, flush.

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同义词及反义词：

SYN:Raise, dignify, ennoble

ANT:Lower, degrade, depress, humble, demean, debase

希勒尔录入

解释:

v.t. to raise to a higher position: to raise in mind and feelings: to improve: to cheer: to exhilarate: to intoxicate.—p.adjs. El′evate -d raised: dignified: exhilarated.—ns. Elevā′tion the act of elevating or raising or the state of being raised: exaltation: an elevated place or station: a rising ground: height: (archit.) a representation of the flat side of a building drawn with mathematical accuracy but without any attention to effect: (astron. geog.) the height above the horizon of an object on the sphere measured by the arc of a vertical circle through it and the zenith: (gun.) the angle made by the line of direction of a gun with the plane of the horizon; El′evator the person or thing that lifts up: a lift or machine for raising grain &c. to a higher floor: a muscle raising a part of the body.—adj. El′evatory able or tending to raise.

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