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elevate

美音:[´elə´veıt ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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vt.举起,提拔,振奋,提升...的职位

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动词过去式:elevated 过去分词:elevated 现在分词:elevating 第三人称单数:elevates

词根

lev=to raise(升;举),light(轻的)

近义词, 同义词

raise  elevate  launch  throwheighten  elevate  raise  lift  erect  set up  stick up  rear  hoist  heave  uplift  buoy  exalt  sublimate    

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boost  lift  raise  degrade    

elevate


/'elɪveɪt; `ɛlə,vet/
v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (to sth) (fml 文)
1 lift sb/sth up; raise sb/sth to a higher place or rank 将某人[某物]举起; 将某人[某物]提到更高的地位
*He's been elevated to the peerage, ie made a peer. 他已升为贵族.
2 (fig 比喻) make (the mind, morals, etc) better or more educated 使(思想、道德等)更好; 使更有修养
*The teacher hoped to elevate the minds of her young pupils by reading them religious stories. 教师希望给小学生读宗教故事来提高他们的修养.

elevate


v [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: elevatus, past participle of elevare 'to lift up']
formal to move someone or something to a more important level or rank, or make them better than before
 Language has elevated humans above the other animals.
elevate sb/sth to sth
 Their purpose is to elevate AIDS to the top of government priorities.
technical to lift someone or something to a higher position
 Gradually elevate the patient into an upright position.
technical to increase the amount, temperature, pressure etc of something
 These drugs may elevate acid levels in the blood.