vt.
- 过去式： aggrandized
- 过去分词： aggrandized
- 现在分词： aggrandizing
- 第三人称单数： aggrandizes
in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 aggrandise
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VERB
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.
扩充该大楼的计划
- 1. All he desired was to aggrandize his estate.
- 他所希望的只是扩充他的家业。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 2. The dictator sought to aggrandize himself by new conquests.
- 这个独裁者企图通过新的征服来扩大自己的权势。
来自《简明英汉词典》
