Glorify
['glɔːrɪfaɪ] or ['ɡlɔrɪfaɪ]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) bestow glory upon; 'The victory over the enemy glorified the Republic'.
(verb.) cause to seem more splendid; 'You are glorifying a rather mediocre building'.
德洛丽丝整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To make glorious by bestowing glory upon; to confer honor and distinction upon; to elevate to power or happiness, or to celestial glory.
(v. t.) To make glorious in thought or with the heart, by ascribing glory to; to asknowledge the excellence of; to render homage to; to magnify in worship; to adore.
整理:拉尔夫
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Extol, magnify, bless, honor greatly, praise highly, give glory to.[2]. Brighten, make bright, add lustre to.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Exalt, honor, elevate, laud, praise, signalize, magnify, aggrandize, adore,panegyrize, extol
ANT:Depress, debase, abuse, censure, degrade, decry, abase, defame
編輯:洛娜
解釋/意思:
v.t. to make glorious: to honour: to exalt to glory or happiness: to ascribe honour to to worship:—pa.p. glō′rified.—n. Glorificā′tion.
編輯:谢尔顿
例句/造句/用法:
- Yes, my boy, these were all done prematurely before my biographer had come to glorify me. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- People come here from all parts of the world, and glorify this masterpiece. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- But other generations will arise, and ever and for ever will continue, to be made happier by our present acts, to be glorified by our valour. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- And they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and That God hath visited his people. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Phaidor has glorified you with her love, and you have spurned her. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- The bag is opened, and several quarts of tin money shower down upon the stage till it is quite glorified with the glitter. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The little house ceased to be a glorified bower, but it became a home, and the young couple soon felt that it was a change for the better. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The town meeting is an obviously respectable institution, glorified by all the reverence men give to the dead. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- We shall remember, always, how we saw majestic Gibraltar glorified with the rich coloring of a Spanish sunset and swimming in a sea of rainbows. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- To insist that mind is originally passive and empty was one way of glorifying the possibilities of education. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- More than any other fetish it has ruined our sense of political values by glorifying the pharisee with his vain cruelty to individuals and his unfounded approval of himself. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Who glorifies him? 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
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