每日一词 aggrandize

　　【学个词 aggrandize】aggrandize- vt. 增加；夸大；强化 ;扩大…的权势；提高…的地位　

　　Definition

　　transitive verb

　　1: to make great or greater : INCREASE, ENLARGE

　　//aggrandize an estate

　　2: to make appear great or greater : praise highly

　　3: to enhance the power, wealth, position, or reputation of

　　//exploited the situation to aggrandize himself

　　Synonyms & Antonyms

　　Synonymsaccelerate, add (to), amplify, augment, boost, build up, compound, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, hype, increase, multiply, pump up, raise, stoke, supersize, swell, up

　　Antonymsabate, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, downsize, dwindle, lessen, lower, minify, reduce, subtract (from)

　　Examples

　　1 a movie that aggrandizes the bad guys and makes the cops look like dopes

　　2 a generous grant, enabling the library to significantly aggrandize its collection

　　3 He urged women to be the sole participants in these acts, in order to aggrandize the emotional force of the movement.

　　4 They were only out to aggrandize the sphere of their own oppressive acts.

5 Could waning delta power in fact aggrandize the refractory period?

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