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词汇 glorify
释义 glorify
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈɡlɔː.rɪ.faɪ/ us /ˈɡlɔːr.ə.faɪ/
to praise and honour God or a person: 赞美,颂扬,崇拜(上帝或人)
There are 99 prayer beads - one for each way Allah can be glorified in the Koran.有99颗念珠,每一颗都代表着真主的一大功德,每种功德都在《可兰经》中留下了浓墨重彩的一笔。
A statue was erected to glorify the country's national heroes.树起了一座雕像来颂扬该国的民族英雄。
to describe or represent something in a way that makes it seem better or more important than it really is: 吹捧,吹嘘,美化
I didn't like the way the film glorified war/violence.我不喜欢那部电影美化战争/暴力的手法。
informalThe limousine was really just a glorified taxi.那部加长礼车不过是辆美化了的出租车而已。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Praising and applauding
acclaim
acclamation
accolade
adulate
adulation
clap
compliment
encomium
enthrone
enthronement
eulogistic
eulogistically
hail
ode
ooh
ooh and aahidiom
ovation
overpraise
overpraised
puff

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Showing respect and admiration

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glorification

glorify | American Dictionary


glorify
verb[ T ]
us/ˈɡlɔr·əˌfɑɪ, ˈɡloʊr-/
to praise or honor someone or something, or to make someone or something seem more excellent than is actually true:
The film glorifies the past too much.
He has been glorified in the press.

glorification


noun[ U ]us/ˌɡlɔr·ə·fəˈkeɪ·ʃən, ˌɡloʊr-/
the glorification of wealth

Examples of glorify


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Advertising which glorifies speed or any other form of dangerous driving must be wrong because, if it has any effects, these must be harmful.
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He glorified in stating that it was a political strike.
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First the perpetration of violence is evil in itself, and anything which encourages it or glorifies it damages the fabric of our society.
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We also need support through the media questioning the need for violence rather than merely depicting it or even glorifying it.
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Look how much harm has already been done by glorifying rights and scorning responsibilities!
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How far ought one to regard it as something enhancing and glorifying the personality of those who receive it?
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The documents with which we are here concerned take us, however, into a virtual world or ideological construction glorifying the market.
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There is nothing they are so fond of doing as glorifying home trade at the expense of foreign trade.
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I remember asking in the proper quarter why it is that there are two or three television programmes glorifying the police but none glorifying the fire service.
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I think that public service broadcasters have a very constructive potential role to play in getting these messages across to young people and not glorifying binge drinking.
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What is more, she glorified in it.
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Most people who want to enter politics—whether nationally or locally—do so because they want to bring about changes and improvements; they do not want to be glorified social workers.
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As an immediate consequence of this change of guard, censorship was relaxed on films glorifying the freedom movement and national leaders.
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Encouraged by the new government's policies, a few films glorifying the freedom movement were made during this period.
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As does a child, a pagan or a mystic, he glorified nature and never ceased to regard it with eyes of wonder.
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