elevate 音标拼音: ['ɛləv
, et]
vt . 提高,升高,抬高,提拔
提高,升高,?高,提拔
elevate v 1 :
give a promotion to or assign to a higher position ; "
John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired "; "
Women tend not to advance in the major law firms "; "
I got promoted after many years of hard work " [
synonym : {
promote },
{
upgrade }, {
advance }, {
kick upstairs }, {
raise }, {
elevate }]
[
ant : {
break }, {
bump }, {
demote }, {
kick downstairs },
{
relegate }]
2 :
raise from a lower to a higher position ; "
Raise your hands ";
"
Lift a load " [
synonym : {
raise }, {
lift }, {
elevate }, {
get up },
{
bring up }] [
ant : {
bring down }, {
get down }, {
let down },
{
lower }, {
take down }]
3 :
raise in rank or condition ; "
The new law lifted many people from poverty " [
synonym : {
lift }, {
raise }, {
elevate }]
Elevate \
El "
e *
vate \,
a . [
L .
elevatus ,
p .
p .]
Elevated ;
raised aloft . [
Poetic ] --
Milton .
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Elevate \
El "
e *
vate \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Elevated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Elevating }.] [
L .
elevatus ,
p .
p .
of elevare ;
e levare to lift up ,
raise ,
akin to levis light in weight .
See {
Levity }.]
1 .
To bring from a lower place to a higher ;
to lift up ;
to raise ;
as ,
to elevate a weight ,
a flagstaff ,
etc .
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2 .
To raise to a higher station ;
to promote ;
as ,
to elevate to an office ,
or to a high social position .
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3 .
To raise from a depressed state ;
to animate ;
to cheer ;
as ,
to elevate the spirits .
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4 .
To exalt ;
to ennoble ;
to dignify ;
as ,
to elevate the mind or character .
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5 .
To raise to a higher pitch ,
or to a greater degree of loudness ; --
said of sounds ;
as ,
to elevate the voice .
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6 .
To intoxicate in a slight degree ;
to render tipsy .
[
Colloq . &
Sportive ] "
The elevated cavaliers sent for two tubs of merry stingo ." --
Sir W .
Scott .
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7 .
To lessen ;
to detract from ;
to disparage . [
A Latin meaning ] [
Obs .] --
Jer .
Taylor .
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{
To elevate a piece } (
Gun .),
to raise the muzzle ;
to lower the breech .
Syn :
To exalt ;
dignify ;
ennoble ;
erect ;
raise ;
hoist ;
heighten ;
elate ;
cheer ;
flush ;
excite ;
animate .
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1913 Webster ]
108 Moby Thesaurus words for "
elevate ":
acculturate ,
advance ,
aggrandize ,
ameliorate ,
amend ,
apotheose ,
apotheosize ,
beatify ,
better ,
boost ,
bring forward ,
buoy up ,
canonize ,
cast up ,
civilize ,
crown ,
deify ,
edify ,
educate ,
elate ,
emend ,
enhance ,
enlighten ,
ennoble ,
enrich ,
enshrine ,
enthrone ,
erect ,
escalate ,
exalt ,
fatten ,
favor ,
flush ,
forward ,
foster ,
glamorize ,
glorify ,
go straight ,
graduate ,
heave ,
heft ,
heighten ,
heist ,
hike ,
hoick ,
hoist ,
hold up ,
immortalize ,
improve ,
improve upon ,
jerk up ,
kick upstairs ,
knight ,
knock up ,
lard ,
levitate ,
lift ,
lift up ,
lionize ,
lob ,
loft ,
magnify ,
make an improvement ,
make legendary ,
meliorate ,
mend ,
nurture ,
pass ,
perk up ,
pick up ,
pitch ,
prefer ,
promote ,
raise ,
raise aloft ,
raise up ,
rear ,
rear aloft ,
rear up ,
refine upon ,
reform ,
rise ,
saint ,
sanctify ,
set up ,
sky ,
socialize ,
stand upright ,
stick up ,
straighten out ,
take up ,
throne ,
throw up ,
transfigure ,
transform ,
up ,
upbuoy ,
upcast ,
upend ,
upgrade ,
upheave ,
uphoist ,
uphold ,
uplift ,
upraise ,
uprear ,
upright ,
upthrow
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