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Glorify Praise Glorified Glorification Verb 动词   [V N

英语单词 glorify
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
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[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]
  • This magazine in no way glorifies gangs.

    这本杂志绝对没有美化混混们。

  • ...the banning of songs glorifying war and racism.

    对吹捧战争和种族歧视的歌曲的禁播令

glorification
  • ...the glorification of violence.

    对暴力行径的渲染美化

  • ...a glorification of the past.

    对往昔的颂扬

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[VERB 动词]颂扬,赞美(上帝) If you glorify God, you praise Him.
  [V n]
  • We are all committed to serving the Lord and glorifying His name in the best way we know.

    我们全心全意敬奉上帝,竭尽所能颂扬他的美名。

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