| 单词 | aggrandize |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ə'grændaiz] |
| 解释 | v.增大，扩张；吹棒 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v.增大，扩张(to make greater, more powerful) 【考】 反义词：disparage( 贬损) 【记】 ag+grand(大)+ize→ 增大 【同】 同根词：grandeur(宏 伟); grandiloquent(说大 话的) |
| 字源 | aggrandize (v.) 1630s, "to make larger, increase," from French agrandiss-, present participle stem of agrandir "to augment" (16c.), ultimately from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + grandire "to make great," from grandis (see grand (adj.)). The double -g- spelling in English is by analogy with Latin words in ad-. Related: Aggrandized; aggrandizing. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 增大, 扩张(范围、权势、影响、地位和名望) = augment = boost = heighten = sublime = uprear 【例】All my desired was to aggrandize my estate 我所希望的只是扩充我的家业. 【记】ag作, grand大, ize动词后缀－把蛋糕作大－扩张 【参】grandeur(n 庄严, 伟大); grandiloquent(adj 说大话的) 【反】disparage(vt 贬损); relegate(v 降级); efface(v 抹掉); undermine(v 破坏) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】ag + grand 盛大，大 +ize→增大 |
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