| 釋義 |
elevate /'eliveit; 'els,vet/ vt [VP6A, 14] ~ (to), (formal) lift up; raise; (fig) make (the mind, morals) higher and better: (正式用語)舉起; 提高; (喻)使(思建,道德)高尚: ~ the voice, speak louder; 提高講話聲音; ~ a man to the peerage, make him a peer; 晉升一人為貴族; an elevating book/sermon; 激勵人心的書(講道); an ~d railway/railroad, one built on piers (usu in a town) to run overhead. 高架鐵踏。 |