| 英语单词 | glorify |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['ɡlɔːrɪfaɪ] 美 ['ɡlɔːrɪfaɪ] |
| 中文释义 | v.美化;赞美 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The setting sun glorified the scene. (2) The newspapers glorified their heroic deeds. (3) Singing hymns is one of the ways to glorify god. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 落日使景色更美。 (2) 报纸称颂了他们的英雄事迹。 (3) 唱圣歌是赞美上帝的一种方式。 |
| vocabulary简明 | To glorify is to praise or honor something or someone to an extreme degree. |
| vocabulary扩展 | If you like someone, you might compliment or praise them, but glorifying takes that a step further. When something is glorified, it is praised to the highest degree possible. It seems right that great people like Martin Luther King and Gandhi are glorified. It can seem odd when athletes are glorified just for playing a game. Often this word is used in a negative sense. For example, a movie with lots of explosions could be said "to glorify violence." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]赞美;颂扬;吹捧;美化 To glorify something means to praise it or make it seem good or special, usually when it is not. [V n]
glorification
2 [VERB 动词]颂扬,赞美(上帝) If you glorify God, you praise Him. [V n]
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