aggrandize
aggrandize 英 [ə'grændaɪz] 美 [əˈɡrænˌdaɪz, ˈæɡrən-]
vt. 增加；夸大；强化
进行时:aggrandizing 过去式:aggrandized 过去分词:aggrandized 第三人称单数:aggrandizes
- If you are a window washer, but you refer to yourself as a "vista enhancement specialist," then you are aggrandizing your job title — that is, making it sound greater than it is.
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- vt. 增加；夸大；强化
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1. The novelty and importance of ITS make people aggrandize the devotion to study it by a long way.
ITS的新颖性和重要性使得人们对其研究的投入大大增加。
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2. The Jews were kind of caught,therefore,on the border, so Judea at this time was on the border between these two empires and they were constantly fighting trying to aggrandize their own kingdoms.
犹太人几乎是正好处在边境，朱迪亚当时就在两国的边境上,而这两个国家间常常发生战争,企图扩大各自的领土。
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3. Indeed, it should be pointed out that although women status were greatly improved, we can not aggrandize the improvement.
当然，应该指出的是，妇女的地位尽管在罗马后期有了很大的提高，但我们不能夸大这种提高。
- aggrandize (v.) 1630s, "to make larger, increase," from French agrandiss-, present participle stem of agrandir "to augment, enlarge" (16c.), ultimately from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + grandire "to make great," from grandis "big, great; full, abundant" (see grand (adj.)). The double -g- spelling in English (also formerly in French) is by analogy with Latin words in ad-. Related: Aggrandized; aggrandizing.
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