aggrandize
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive. 吹捧; 夸大(某人的財富、權勢或重要性等); 夸大(建筑物的外表使其更加壯觀)[表不滿]
At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandizing himself. 吃飯時我父親總是不停地夸耀和吹噓自己。
...plans to aggrandize the building. ...使建筑物更加壯觀的計劃。
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aggrandize /??ɡr?n?da?z/ (aggrandizing,aggrandized,aggrandizes)
BRIT also aggrandise
劍橋詞典
- disapproving formal
to make someone more powerful or important
擴大…的權勢;提高…的地位 返回 aggrandize