in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 aggrandise
VERB 吹捧;抬高(地位);使…更辉煌 To
aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To
aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
吹捧;抬高(地位);使…更辉煌 [disapproval] -
At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandising himself. [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
我父亲在餐桌上总是滔滔不绝地炫耀并吹嘘自己。
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...plans to aggrandise the building. [VERB noun]
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