elevate

英 ['elɪveɪt] 美 ['elɪveɪt]

• vt. 举起；提拔；素养提升；鼓舞
• vi. 变高

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 举起,提高

   lift up; raise

2. vt. 提升

   raise in rank

3. vt. 鼓舞,使更有修养

   make better or more educated

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 提起，举起，抬起，抬高，使向上，使上升，使升高
2. 振奋，使(意气)激昂，鼓舞，使情绪高昂，使兴高采烈
3. 提升...的职位，提拔，晋升(到不应有的位置)
4. 提高，使高尚
5. 变高，升高

英英释义

Verb:

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"
   

2. raise from a lower to a higher position;

   "Raise your hands"
   "Lift a load"
   

3. raise in rank or condition;

   "The new law lifted many people from poverty"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. They had the attempt to elevate Anderson to the presidency.
   他们企图把安德逊抬上总统宝座。
2. He used a couple of bolsters to elevate his head.
   他用两个垫枕垫头。
3. They had the attempt to elevate Anderson to the presidency.
   他们企图把安德逊抬上总统宝座。
4. Reading good books elevates your mind.
   阅读好书使人思想高尚。
5. The song never failed to elevate his spirits.
   这首歌总使他精神振奋。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The fresh morning air elevated him.
   早晨新鲜的空气使他舒畅。
2. His inspiring speech elevated the audience.
   他那鼓舞人心的话使听众为之振奋。
3. He used a couple of pillows to elevate his head.
   他用两个枕头垫头。
4. He elevated the blinds.
   他拉起了百叶窗。
5. Earth movements in the past elevated great areas of the seabed.
   过去地球的运动把大片的海床升高了。
6. Reading good books elevates your mind.
   阅读好书能增进你的心灵修养。
7. The good news elevated everyone's spirits.
   这个好消息鼓舞了每个人的情绪。
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8. He was elevated.
   他得到提升。

经典引文

• The rope by which the bucket is elevated.

  出自： D. Lardner

• Rembrandt..introduced steps in the background to elevate the rear group.

  出自： J. Rosenberg

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

elevate to (v.+prep.)

提高,提升 lift up; raise to a higher place or rank
elevate sb/sth to sth
The Queen rewarded the Minister for years of faithful service by elevating him to the House of Lords.

这位大臣多年来忠于职守,女王为了奖赏他提拔他为上院议员。
The platform was elevated to a height of five feet.

平台被升到5英尺的高度。
Materials are elevated to the top floor by the new hoist.

材料由那台新起重机吊到楼顶。
The clerk was elevated to a managerial position.

那个职员被升到经理职位。
When the president of the company retired, the vice-president was elevated to his position.

公司总裁退休后,副总裁被提升来接替他的职位。
Because of this remarkable feat, he was elevated to the rank of colonel.

由于这桩奇功,他被提升为上校。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• elevate the blind 拉起百叶窗
• elevate the eyes 抬起双眼
• elevate the living standards 提高生活水平
• elevate sb's mind 增进某人的心灵修养

～+副词

• elevate morally 在道德方面提高
• elevate slightly 稍微提高

～+介词

• elevate to 提升
• elevate to the rank of captain 提升为舰长

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. elevate 的基本意思是从底处向高处上升,多用于比喻义,即“晋升,提拔,提高,鼓舞”等。
2. elevate 是及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语。表示“提高,提升”时,宾语后常接to或into引起的介词短语。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

elevate, boost, enhance, exalt, grow, highten, hoist, lift, raise

• 参见raise条。

lift，hoist，raise，elevate，heave，boost

• 这些动词均有“升起、举起”之意。
• lift指用人力或机械力把某物升到较高的位置。
• hoist多指用绳索、滑轮等机械把重物升起。
• raise较正式用词，常可与lift换用，但强调把某物举起或抬起到应有的高度。常用比喻。
• elevate较正式用词，指位置、高度的升高，多作比喻用，指职位、品德等的提高。
• heave指需花大力气或借外力才能举起或抬起重物。
• boost原义指从后面或下面推起或提高，现常用于指提高价格、振作精神等抽象概念。

近反义词

【近义词】

• lift 举起
• raise 上升
• hoist 升起
• exalt 赞扬
• boost 提高
• uplift 鼓舞
• advance 前进
• promote 促进
• lift up 升起
• upraise 抬起
• further 更远的
• move up (使)升级
• civilize 使开化
• improve 改善
• aggrandize 增加
• dignify 使高贵
• found 建立
• kick upstairs （使）明升暗降...
• bring up 提出；教育；养育；呕出；...
• get up 起床
• heave 用力举起
• upgrade 升级

【反义词】

• degrade 降格