单词
elevate
读音
ˈelɪveɪt
美式
英式
词根
"Elevate" 源于拉丁语词根 "lev-" ,意为"提升"。同样源于这个词根的单词还有 "lever" (杠杆)、"levity" (轻浮) 和 "levitate" (悬浮) 等。
释义
vt. 提升;举起;振奋情绪等;提升…的职位 [ 第三人称单数 elevates 现在分词 elevating 过去式 elevated 过去分词 elevated ]
例句
Even better would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyond the material standards of a particular industry.
更好的办法是帮助提升美的概念,超越特定行业的物质标准。
I built a platform to elevate the bed.
我搭了一个台子把床抬高了。
Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure.
情绪紧张会使血压升高。
Even better would be to help elevate notions of beauty beyond the material standards of a particular industry.
更好的办法是帮助提升美的概念,超越特定行业的物质标准。
I built a platform to elevate the bed.
我搭了一个台子把床抬高了。
Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure.
情绪紧张会使血压升高。
强化记忆
你可以通过 "elevator" (电梯) 这个词来记忆 "elevate",因为它们都有"提升"的含义。想象一下电梯是如何从底层到高层走向的,寓意着你的身份、地位、思想甚至品味的提升。"Elevate" 最早在14世纪从拉丁语的 "elevatus" 进入英语,该词在拉丁语中表示 "提升,举起"。这个词在当时英语社会中被广泛使用,用来描述物理的升高以及在社会地位、品味、质量中的提升。
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in the raw and imperfect things that surround us,that elevate themand let them speak their own language.
If our surface grid is saturated,well, let's elevate our traffic.This Chinese concept of a bus that can straddle traffic jams --
places of recreation,and actually helped to elevateadjacent property levels.
lining the esophagus--a rare condition calledBarrett’s esophagus, which can elevatethe risk of esophageal cancer.
that we have in our hands, quite literally,to elevate each other's stories and ideas;to practice civility;
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