to aggrandize
01
扩大, 增强
to make someone or something more powerful, important, or wealthy
Transitive: to aggrandize the influence or power of something
Formal
例子
The company 's new policies are designed to aggrandize the CEO's influence.
公司的新政策旨在扩大首席执行官的影响力。
The monarch aggrandized his empire through military conquests.
君主通过军事征服扩大了他的帝国。
02
夸大, 吹捧
to make a person or thing seem more important or impressive than they actually are
Transitive: to aggrandize a person or their achievements
Formal例子
They had aggrandized their company's success in the report.
他们在报告中夸大了公司的成功。
The biography aggrandized the author's contributions to literature.
这本传记夸大了作者对文学的贡献。
