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aggrandize

C2 verb

aggrandize /əˈɡɹændaɪ̯z/ nghĩa là mở rộng, tăng thêm

Các nghĩa

  1. mở rộng, tăng thêm

    To make great; to enlarge; to increase.

    transitive

    to aggrandize one's authority, distress

    [They] doe adde vnto the bitternesse of that Day, and agrandise the heauie weight of trouble.

  2. nâng cao quyền lực, địa vị, danh vọng hoặc của cải

    To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).

    transitive

    […] the aggrandizing of your estate by well managed fortune […] may well set out your praises to the world […]

    […] he seems never to have revived his schemes for aggrandizing his son by securing to him the succession to the empire.

  3. tôn lên, đề cao

    To make appear great or greater; to exalt.

    formal · transitive

    aggrandize one's accomplishments and downplay others'

    The first thing to aggrandise a man in his own conceit, is to conceive of himself as neglected.

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