[VERB 动词]提拔;提升;提高…的地位 When someone or something achieves a more important rank or status, you can say that they are elevated to it.
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He was elevated to the post of prime minister.
他升任总理。
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The Prime Minister is known to favour the elevation of more women to the Cabinet...
人所共知首相希望提拔更多女性进入内阁。
After his elevation to the papacy, he reigned for two years.
他升任教皇后在位两年。
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[VERB 动词]提高,提升(地位) If you elevate something to a higher status, you consider it to be better or more important than it really is.
[V n to n]
Don't elevate your superiors to superstar status.
别把你的上司捧得跟超级巨星似的。
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[VERB 动词]提高;增加 To elevate something means to increase it in amount or intensity.
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Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure.
情绪压力可能会导致血压升高。
...overweight individuals who have elevated cholesterol levels.
胆固醇水平升高的体重超标者
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[VERB 动词]举起;抬起;使升高 If you elevate something, you raise it above a horizontal level.
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Jack elevated the gun at the sky.
杰克朝天举枪。
Oxford
ele·vate/ˈelɪveɪt; NAmEˈelɪveɪt/verb1( formal) to give sb/sth a higher position or rank, often more important than they deserve 提拔,晋升,提升(到不应有的位置)SYN
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promote
elevatesb/sth (to sth) ◆He elevated many of his friends to powerful positions within the government.他将许多朋友都提拔到政府部门的要职上。elevatesth (into sth) ◆It was an attempt to elevate football to a subject worthy of serious study.这是试图将足球拔高成一门学科来进行严肃的研究。2elevatesth ( technical 术语orformal) to lift sth up or put sth in a higher position 举起;抬起◆It is important that the injured leg should be elevated.将受伤的腿抬高是很重要的。3elevatesth ( technical 术语) to make the level of sth increase 提高;使升高◆Smoking often elevates blood pressure.抽烟常常使血压升高。4elevatesth ( formal) to improve a person's mood, so that they feel happy 使情绪高昂;使精神振奋;使兴高采烈◆The song never failed to elevate his spirits.这首歌总使他精神振奋。elevateelevateselevatedelevatingele·vate/ˈelɪveɪt; NAmEˈelɪveɪt/
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elevateel‧e‧vate /ˈelɪveɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
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1formal to move someone or something to a more important level or rank, or make them better than beforeSYN raise: Language has elevated humans above the other animals.elevate somebody/something to something Their purpose is to elevate AIDS to the top of government priorities.2technical to lift someone or something to a higher position: Gradually elevate the patient into an upright position.► see thesaurus at
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3technical to increase the amount, temperature, pressure etc of somethingSYN raise: These drugs may elevate acid levels in the blood.
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