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in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 aggrandise
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吹捧;抬高（地位）；使…更辉煌 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.
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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。
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...plans to aggrandise the building.
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