| 正面 | 6102.elevate 英 ['elɪveɪt]美 ['ɛlɪvet]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Old English dreosan (past participle droren) "fall" => Middle English dresen "fall".2. PIE root *dhreu- "fall, drip, droop" => Proto-Germanic *drup- "fall, drop".3. 由此推出同源词：drown; dreary; drizzle, drowsy; drip, drop, droop.4. drip-drop 滴水声vt. 提升；举起；振奋情绪等；提升…的职位 例句： 1. Democracy might elevate the common man to a position of political superiority.民主也许能提升普通人的政治地位，让他们产生优越感。 elevate 提升e-, 向外。-lev, 举起，轻，词源同light , lever. elevate (v.)late 15c., "to raise above the usual position," from Latin elevatus, past participle of elevare "lift up, raise," figuratively, "to lighten, alleviate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + levare "lighten, raise," from levis "light" in weight (see lever). Sense of "raise in rank or status" is from c. 1500. Moral or intellectual sense is from 1620s. Related: Elevated (which also was old slang for "drunk"); elevating." |