glorify

B2 大学 FREQ #30784 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 赞美, 美化, 赞扬, 使辉煌

发音

其它 /ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ/

词形变化

glorified glorifies 三单 glorifies glorifiest glorifieth glorifying glorifying 现在分词 glorified 过去式 glorified 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

赞美；美化；崇拜（神）；使更壮丽

释义与例句

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).

    及物
  2. 2.

    To make (something) appear to be more glorious than it is; regard something or someone as excellent baselessly.

    及物

    Some movies glorify mobsters by making them seem like the cool kids around the block.

    Historical dictators are glorified in some countries that are dictatorships and by some political radicals.

  3. 3.

    To worship or extol.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

proclaim laud exalt extol spiritualize transfigure

上位词 10

change praise pad alter modify lard embellish embroider dramatize blow up

下位词 5

hymn canonise canonize crack up ensky

词源

From Middle English glorifien, from Anglo-Norman and Old French glorifier, from Late Latin glorificō, from Latin gloria + faciō (“to make”). Displaced native Middle English wuldrien (“to glorify”), from Old English wuldrian as well as Middle English stellifien (“to glorify, make stellar”), from Old French stellifier (Medieval Latin stellificāre); see stellify.

来源：wiktionary